ON THE STREET Definition & Meaning

on the street

Without a job, unemployed, as in After they fired her she was on the street for two years . [First half of 1900s]
Released from prison, as in One more year and he'll be back in the street . [First half of 1900s]
Without a regular place of residence, homeless, as in It's terrible to be on the street in winter . [Mid-1800s]

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"I heard the helicopters, so then I knew that something had happened," says Sara, a 32-year-old who lives on the street.

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“We weren’t given a safe exit, to have one or two months to search for a new job. We were thrown out on the street — that’s how I see it.”

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Studying abroad while in college, she was spotted by a nightclub owner as she and a friend performed on the street in Madrid; he invited them to play his club, and she dropped out of school a month later.

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Another man said he was cooking at home when he heard "two bangs that sounded a bit like fireworks" going off outside on the street.

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“You cannot be pulled over and grabbed on the street because of the color of your skin. Border Patrol is going to be held accountable for those practices and for violating people’s rights.”

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