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street smarts

  (American)

the knowledge and experience you need in order to deal with difficult and dangerous situations in a city The kids around here may not be much good at reading or writing, but they sure have a lot of street smarts.

See also: smart, street

street smarts

n. the knowledge and ability to survive on the urban street. If you don’t have street smarts, you won’t last long out there.

See also: smart, street