hit the pavement
Verb
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Verb
hit the pavement
- (idiomatic) To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk.
- 2007, Ceri Au, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648349,00.html Fighting for the Right to Flush]," Time, 31 July:
- But getting people to hit the pavement is more than just a health concern. . . . [M]unicipalities are looking to combat inner-city decay by keeping the streets flush with pedestrians.
- 2007, Ceri Au, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648349,00.html Fighting for the Right to Flush]," Time, 31 July:
- (idiomatic) To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle.
- 1925, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ui0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lNkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2747,1367099&dq=hit-the-pavement&hl=en Automotive Section: "Hitting it up"] (advertisement)," Ottawa Citizen, 4 July (retrieved 28 Sep 2010):
- "And when we hit the pavement, we found we had covered the last 54 miles in an hour and twenty minutes."
- 1925, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ui0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lNkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2747,1367099&dq=hit-the-pavement&hl=en Automotive Section: "Hitting it up"] (advertisement)," Ottawa Citizen, 4 July (retrieved 28 Sep 2010):
- (begin to walk) hit the bricks, pound the pavement
- (begin to move in an auto) hit the road
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