the man in the street
(also the man on the Clapham omnibus) the average man or the average person SYN Joe Bloggs/Schmo

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man in the street
the man/woman/person in the street
a typical, ordinary person.
Do the plans for celebrating the millennium take into account the views of the man in the street?

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man in the street
an average or ordinary person
According to the man in the street the government is not very popular.

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man in the street
n. phr. The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man.
The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street.
Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC.

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