man in the street

man in the street
noun
a hypothetical average man (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑John Doe, ↑Joe Blow, ↑Joe Bloggs
• Hypernyms: ↑commoner, ↑common man, ↑common person

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: an average or ordinary man : an average person

carried Labor Party views to the man in the street — Current Biography

specifically : an ordinary man without specialized knowledge of the field in question or of mediocre intellectual tastes or accomplishments

simplify a message sufficiently to be understood by the man in the street — Newsman

said that the man in the street tended to look upon book reading as a highbrow activity — New York Times

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the ordinary person; the average citizen: the political opinions of the man in the street.
[1825-35]

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man in the street noun
1. The ordinary, everyday man
2. Tom, Dick, or Harry
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Main Entry: ↑man

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man in the street,
U.S. the average person, especially as typifying public opinion: »

It was not read solely by naturalists and other scientists. The man in the street read it (Science News Letter).


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