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Difference between On the street and On the streets

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on the street—

1. out of work; unemployed:

  • This business is so subjective. My general manager could change tomorrow and I could be on the street.

2. (U.S. sl.) outside prison:

  • A number of men who are heterosexual on the street practice homosexuality in prison.

on the streets—

1. homeless:

  1. These people were once in psychiatric hospitals and are now on the streets.

2. living by prostitution:

  • This little girl had a sister who was on the streets and who was in the house of this bad woman.