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street smarts

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street smarts
pl.n.
Shrewd awareness of how to survive in an often hostile urban environment.
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Noun1.street smarts - a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment
astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)


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