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street smarts
plural noun
shrewd awareness of how to survive or succeed in any situation, especially as a result of living or working in a difficult environment, as a city ghetto neighborhood.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of street smarts1
Example Sentences
The camp, Mistro said, has taught them an essential skill: “Just like street smarts, we want them to have ocean smarts.”
“He has street smarts and is very populist.”
It appears that, like many who end up in the big city, some fence lizards develop street smarts.
School was a struggle, and this was a chance to show that his street smarts more than made up for it.
Mr Erdogan entered the contest with many advantages: his street smarts, his common touch, and his control of 90% of the media here.
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