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Downing Street

A thoroughfare of Westminster in London, England, off Whitehall. No. 10 Downing Street is the official residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually but not necessarily the prime minister of Great Britain. Nearly all prime ministers have lived at No. 10 since the time of Robert Walpole in the early 1700s.

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Downing Street

(ˈdaʊnɪŋ)

1. (Placename) a street in W central London, in Westminster: official residences of the British prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) informal the prime minister or the British Government

[named after Sir George Downing (1623–84), English statesman]

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Down′ing Street`

(ˈdaʊ nɪŋ)
n.

1. a street in W central London, England: government offices and residence of the prime minister.

2. the British prime minister and cabinet.

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Noun	1.	Downing Street - a street of Westminster in London; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street" City of Westminster, Westminster - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
	2.	Downing Street - the British government authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

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Downing Street

[ˈdaʊnɪŋˌstriːt] N → Downing Street (calle de Londres en que están las residencias oficiales del ministro de Hacienda y del primer ministro británicos)

DOWNING STREET

Downing Street es la calle de Londres, cerrada al público, donde se encuentran las residencias oficiales del Primer Ministro (Prime Minister) y del Ministro de Economía y Hacienda (Chancellor of the Exchequer), normalmente en los Nº 10 y 11 respectivamente. Los términos Downing Street, Number Ten, o Ten Downing Street se usan a menudo en los medios de comunicación para referirse al Primer Ministro o al Gobierno.

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Downing Street

[ˈdaʊnɪŋstriːt] n (British)

(= residence) 10 Downing Street résidence du Premier ministre britannique

(the British prime minister) → le Premier ministre m britanniquedown-in-the-mouth [ˌdaʊnənɪnðəˈmaʊθ] adj (= glum) [person] → abattu(e)

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Downing Street

n → die Downing Street; (= the government) → die britische Regierung

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The Duke drove down to the House, but called first in Downing Street. He found the Prime Minister anxious to see him.

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The two men who had walked up together arm in arm from Downing Street, stood for several moments in Pall Mall before separating.

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He declared in public that "the telephone is the most extraordinary thing I ever saw in my life." And one wintry morning in 1878 Queen Victoria drove to the house of Sir Thomas Biddulph, in London, and for an hour talked and listened by telephone to Kate Field, who sat in a Downing Street office.

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I am afraid I can't take him with me to Downing Street. It is not the Prime Minster's day for seeing the unemployed.

With pleasure, and I'll drive you down to Downing Street afterwards, Chiltern.

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However, as labor is actually so purchased everywhere except in Downing Street and a few other privileged spots, I suggested that our friend should go to some place where his market price would be higher than in merry England.

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We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his chambers in Downing Street, and on Holmes sending in his card we were instantly shown up.

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Members of a charity organisation Friends of Animals Wales bring a new dog to Downing Street in London yesterday.

New pup joins Larry the cat at Downing Street

Downing Street has a new resident after rescue puppy Dilyn entered Number 10.

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DOWNING Street was put on lockdown as protesters swarmed on to Whitehall to demonstrate against new Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Tory Government.

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FILE- Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain March 22, 2019.

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LONDON -- Ahmad Nawaz, a survivor of terrorist attack on Army Public School Peshawar, has been given "Points of Light Award" from 10 Downing Street, the headquarters of the government in United Kingdom, to honor his services aimed at encourage people to unite and fight extremism through anti-radicalization talks.