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hit the pavement

1. To walk outside, especially on the streets or sidewalk. I need to get out, hit the pavement, and start looking for a job.

2. To begin or take part in a strike. The workers hit the pavement again after the company implemented a unilateral pay cut to all employees.

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hit the bricks

 and hit the pavement 

1. Fig. Inf. to start walking; to go into the streets. I have a long way to go. I'd better hit the bricks. Go on! Hit the pavement! Get going!

2. Inf. Fig. to go out on strike. The workers hit the pavement on Friday and haven't been back on the job since. Agree to our demands, or we hit the bricks.

See also: brick, hit

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

See also: pavement, pound

pound the pavement

1. to look for a job Mary had children to feed, so she kept pounding the pavement until she finally landed a job at a burger restaurant.

2. to look for money or support She's been going out and pounding the pavement, raising money for research. Day after day, they pound the pavement, hoping to share a message about their religious faith.

See also: pavement, pound

hit the bricks

Go out on strike, as in The union voted to hit the bricks as soon as their contract expired. [Slang; 1940s]

See also: brick, hit

pound the pavement

Walk the streets, especially in search of employment. For example, He was fired last year and he's been pounding the pavement ever since. A similar usage is pound a beat, meaning "to walk a particular route over and over"; it is nearly always applied to a police officer. [Early 1900s]

See also: pavement, pound

hit the bricks

and hit the pavement

1. tv. to start walking; to go into the streets. I have a long way to go. I’d better hit the bricks.

2. tv. to go out on strike. The workers hit the pavement on Friday and haven’t been back on the job since.

See also: brick, hit

hit the pavement

verb

See hit the bricks

See also: hit, pavement

hit the bricks

Slang

To go on strike.

See also: brick, hit

pound the pavement

Slang

To travel the streets on foot, especially in search of work.

See also: pavement, pound