10 Downing Street

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10 Downing Street

/ˌtɛn ˈdaʊnɪŋ stɹiːt/

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UK The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
UK, broadly, metonymically The title or office of the Prime Minister. […] he declared from early in his life that he intended to be viceroy of India, as a natural stepping-stone on his way to 10 Downing Street.
broadly, metonymically The government of the United Kingdom. […] explicitly clear, in the way that 10 Downing Street has made it clear in the case of city academies, that it is perfectly legitimate to put people in the House of Lords […]
Similar: Number Ten, Number 10, No 10

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@misc{10_downing_street_2026,
  title = {10 Downing Street},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/10%20downing%20street},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}