man in the street Meaning of "man in the street"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a hypothetical average man

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  1. What the man in the street has heard of Ulysses has made him prick up his ears.
  2. For the man in the street, Sherbini provides an easy outlet for Egyptian frustration a distraction, some say, from the more serious abuses of an authoritarian regime.
  3. And if Israeli actions against the PA end up punishing ordinary Palestinians, it's very natural that the man in the street will support the radicals.
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