Collocations for "downtown"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "downtown" in context.
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downtown
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [Pittsburgh's] downtown
- a [cool, funky, vibrant, historic] downtown
- [repair, rebuild, revitalize, remake] the city's downtown
- the downtown is populated [mainly, largely] by
- the downtown is full of [businesses, stores, offices]
- [visitors, tourists] are attracted to (the) downtown
- a [map, guide, tour] of (the) downtown
- [lives, works] in downtown
- go to [the clubs, a bar] in downtown
- [head, set off] for downtown
- are we in downtown?
- [works] downtown
- go downtown to [check, look for, get]
- need to run downtown quickly
- have an [appointment, date, meeting, interview] downtown
- will meet you downtown at [5:00]
- Does this [line, bus, train] go downtown?
- a downtown [office, apartment]
- the downtown district
- take the downtown train
- [driving, walking] towards the downtown area
- [works, lives, has offices] in downtown [Manhattan]
'downtown' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arcade
- avenue
- buzz
- cab
- café
- campus
- closer
- commute
- cruise
- diner
- distance
- drive
- errand
- exit
- flock
- frenzy
- fringe
- halfway
- hang
- haven
- hub
- hustle
- inbound
- loft
- lovely
- mall
- mile
- mob
- move
- parade
- patrol
- penthouse
- pile
- pollution
- property
- protest
- pursue
- railway
- ride
- shack
- site
- straight
- stroll
- studio
- sunny
- swirl
- taxi
- traffic
- trolley