Downing Streetnoun
usuk/ˈdaʊ.nɪŋ.striːt/the road in central London where the official home of the UK prime minister is:
The prime minister lives at 10 Downing Street.
[ U, + sing/pl verb ] the British government or the British prime minister:
The announcement took Washington and Paris by surprise, but Downing Street had been expecting it.
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