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two-way street

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noun

  1. an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For a character in a show to have a community of somebody else dealing with the exact same things, it becomes a two-way street.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

He said the US had "been very good to Europe and to many other countries", adding: "It has to be a two-way street."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Where the rich of previous generations could be counted on to spend their wealth on lavish ornamentation and expensive craftwork, social media accessibility has turned tastemaking into a two-way street.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

The relationship was effectively a two-way street, where the exchange could help out the hedge fund and vice versa as FTX quickly grew between 2019 and 2022.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

I mean, this is a two-way street, and she definitely hasn’t been doing a perfect job on her end either.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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