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down the road, not across the street

idiom

Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.


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  1. 01

    bump in the road

    A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.

  2. 02

    easy street

    Chiefly preceded by on: a carefree lifestyle, especially as a result of becoming wealthy, or an easy situation.

  3. 03

    Frog

    [Cockney slang]road

    via frog & toad

  4. 04

    get the show on the road

    To begin or launch; to get going.

  5. 05

    go down that road

    To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.

  6. 06

    go down the road

    To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.

  7. 07

    high road

    A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.

  8. 08

    hit the road

    To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.

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