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shrewd awareness of how to survive or succeed in any situation, esp. as a result of living or working in a difficult environment, as a city ghetto neighborhood.[1970-75]
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street smarts — N PLURAL You can use street smarts to refer to the skills and intelligence people need to be successful in difficult situations, especially in a city. [AM, INFORMAL] The boys learned their street smarts early and stayed pretty safe … English dictionary
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street smarts — American the knowledge and experience you need in order to deal with difficult and dangerous situations in a city. The kids around here may not be much good at reading or writing, but they sure have a lot of street smarts … New idioms dictionary
street smarts — noun (U) AmE the ability to deal with difficult situations on the streets of a big city: unsuspecting tourists with no street smarts whatsoever … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Street Smarts (game show) — Street Smarts was a United States game show that features two in studio contestants trying to predict the outcome of interviews of people that were found on the street. The show aired in syndication from 2000 to 2005, hosted by Frank Nicotero.… … Wikipedia
