pound the pavement

pound the pavement
pound the pavement
Fig. to walk through the streets looking for a job. •

I spent two months pounding the pavement after the factory I worked for closed.

Hey, Bob. You'd better get busy pounding those nails unless you want to be out pounding the pavement.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To walk up and down the streets; tramp about. * /John pounded the pavement looking for a job./ * /Mary and Bill pounded the pavement to find an apartment./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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