man on the street

American  

noun

1. man in the street.

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Example Sentences

“How are you staying optimistic?” a TV reporter is seen asking a man on the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

For the past 50 years, his shadow has loomed large over parliament, the media, football and the man on the street.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

"They had a network that varied from judges and lawyers, to law enforcement to sheriffs, to the average man on the street who served on the jury. They were the law in this area."

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2023

What is the artist saying about the man on the street by presenting him in this way?

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

I had just learned more about my mother from this old man on the street than I ever did from Baba.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini