"on the street" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-on the street.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the street, {{en-PP}} on the street
  1. (idiomatic) Without a home; without the means to afford good shelter. Tags: idiomatic Translations (without a home): 无家可归 (wú jiā kě guī) (Chinese Mandarin), 在街上游荡 (yóudàng) (Chinese Mandarin), na ulici (Czech), op straat (Dutch), kadulla (Finnish), pihalla (Finnish), kartanolla (Finnish), à la rue (French), obdachlos (German), auf der Straße (German), na ulicy (Polish), nas ruas (Portuguese), на у́лице (na úlice) (Russian), en la calle (Spanish), sin techo (Spanish), desamparado (Spanish), desalojado (Spanish), ngoài đường (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-on_the_street-en-prep_phrase-bCcjbtc6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'without a home': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) In actual practice, as opposed to in a laboratory, classroom, etc. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-on_the_street-en-prep_phrase-cmm8u5s8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: on the streets, mean streets, on the road, street-smart
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          "text": "Delays with universal credit have compounded the problem, pushing people into rent arrears and putting them at risk of losing their homes. And the retrenchment of services such as mental health and drug rehabilitation means that vulnerable people are more likely to find themselves on the street."
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          "sense": "without a home",
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          "sense": "without a home",
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          "sense": "without a home",
          "word": "desalojado"
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        {
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          "sense": "without a home",
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      "roman": "wú jiā kě guī",
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      "word": "无家可归"
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      "sense": "without a home",
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      "sense": "without a home",
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      "sense": "without a home",
      "word": "auf der Straße"
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      "sense": "without a home",
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      "sense": "without a home",
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