man in the street
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Definition(s):
- (n) a hypothetical average man
Usage(s):
- What the man in the street has heard of Ulysses has made him prick up his ears.
- 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.
- 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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