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across the way

across the way phrase: nearby on the opposite side of a street or area.

Phrase

across the way

  1. Nearby on the opposite side of a street or area.

Questions about across the way

What does across the way mean?
Across the way means nearby on the opposite side of a street or area.
What part of speech is across the way?
Across the way is a phrase.

Words near across the way in the dictionary

  1. across lots
  2. across the board
  3. across the ditch
  4. across the line
  5. across the pond
  6. across the way
  7. across variable
  8. across variables
  9. across-the-board
  10. acrosses
  11. acrosst

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