man on the street

man on the street
n.

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  • man in the street — {n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. * /The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street./ Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • man in the street — {n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. * /The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street./ Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • man in the street — n. An average person; as, the views of the man in the street. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • man on the street — noun Someone not an expert; a member of the general public. Such was the airy way with which, not an illiterate man on the street, but a brilliant woman of the world disposed of a tremendous historical fact. Syn: layman …   Wiktionary

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  • man in the street — noun A typical person, unversed in a given subject; an inexpert commoner …   Wiktionary

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