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down the road, not across the street

idiom
Meaning

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


Examples
SIMPLE

The medical textbook warns to cut down the road, not across the street.

CONTEXTUAL

The emergency room doctor explained that the injury was dangerous because the patient had cut down the road, not across the street.

COMPLEX

In forensic pathology, the orientation of the wound is critical, specifically noting whether the incision was made down the road, not across the street.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  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

  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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