English · Idiom Candidate

two-way street

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A situation where two parties benefit or contribute equally

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tình huống mà hai bên đều được lợi hoặc đóng góp như nhau

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: a street that allows traffic in both directions

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Of these Karan comments: ‘ Playing with the banks is a two - way street.

These institutions provide two - way streets between the organised left and the communities/ identities they seek to represent.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “two-way street” mean?

A situation where two parties benefit or contribute equally Literally: a street that allows traffic in both directions

Is “two-way street” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.