back street

back street {n.}

A street not near the main streets or from which it is hard to get to a main street.

We got lost in the back streets going through the city and it took us a half hour to find our way again.

Compare: SIDE STREET.

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[through street] {n.} 1. A street on which cars can move without stopping at intersections, but cars on streets crossing it have to stop at the intersection. * /You have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[side street] {n.} A street that runs into and ends at a main street. * /The store is on a side street just off Main Street./ * /The Spellmans bought […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

street

[street] See: [BACK STREET], [CROSS STREET], [MAN IN THE STREET], [ON EASY STREET], [SIDE STREET], [STOP STREET], [THROUGH STREET]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[cross street] {n.} A street that crosses a main street and runs on both sides of it. * /Elm Street is a cross street on Main Street and there is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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