across the way
idiom
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live across the way (from us).
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Well, the soldier at the far left is the one who’s chugging from a wineskin, not the angel across the way.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
But Drew takes the guy out from across the way, with a 40-yard pistol shot.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2024
As Locarno’s 8,000-strong Piazza Grande audience welcomed Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan on stage Saturday evening, a much smaller crowd congregated across the way for an alternative film event.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
Just across the way from the storied Deep Hollow Ranch is an equally famous property formerly owned by Andy Warhol.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 July 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
But Drew takes the guy out from across the way, with a 40-yard pistol shot.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2024
As Locarno’s 8,000-strong Piazza Grande audience welcomed Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan on stage Saturday evening, a much smaller crowd congregated across the way for an alternative film event.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
Just across the way from the storied Deep Hollow Ranch is an equally famous property formerly owned by Andy Warhol.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 July 2024
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“Across the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20way. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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