on the street

Also, in the street.
Without a job, unemployed, as in After they fired her she was on the street for two years . [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]
Released from prison, as in One more year and he'll be back in the street . [First half of 1900s]

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Pointing them to a vending machine on the street stocked with Schlitz, the storekeeper asked, “How much do you want?”

“Watching veterans from when they were out on the street come in, I do see the drug use go down,” he said.

She said she had good relationships with everyone on the street and believes the intimidation and threats came from people from "around that area, not in the street".

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Summers recalls it taking place on the street outside their manager Miles Copeland's office in Notting Hill.

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The final episode ended with Sullivan's Jimmy Corkhill daubing a "d" on the street sign so it read "Brookside Closed", before driving out of the cul-de-sac.

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