单词 | to pound the beat |
释义 | > as lemmasto pound the (also a) beat d. transitive. colloquial (a) originally U.S. To walk upon; to cover (a distance or area) on foot, esp. laboriously. (b) British. to pound the (also a) beat: (of a police officer) to patrol a designated area; (hence) to perform routine police duties, esp. those of a constable. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] to step (up)on ——OE beatOE treadc1384 betread1495 overwalk1533 foot1557 walk1574 trample1595 reiterate1648 to step foot in1864 pound1890 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > in the course of official duty walka1430 pound1890 1890 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 24 Sept. A day patrolman ‘pounds the sidewalk’ a large portion of the time. 1897 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 9 Aug. 1/3 The horse was pounding the road hard, and was evidently being driven for all there was in him. 1906 A. H. Lewis Confess. Detective iv. 44 It's worth while to pound a beat, when one has such kindly and appreciative superiors. 1946 P. Brickhill & C. Norton Escape to Danger 11 The worn track..which kriegies ‘pounded’ or ‘bashed’ (walked) for hours at a time. 1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxiv. 270 I shall personally arrange for you to be back pounding the beat, in uniform. 1986 W. Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 May 3/2 Energetic nurse Beryl Winstanley pounded the pavements of Paris and raised about £400 for sick children. 1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. June 110/1 First, you get into the force and spend a couple of years pounding the beat. < as lemmas |
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