pound the streets/pavement
idiom
: to walk or run on the street especially in search of something
She's out there every day pounding the pavement, looking for work.
Hard-core joggers will pound the streets in all kinds of weather.
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Uptown girl or downtown diva, secure the hottest Coach bag of the season to pound the pavement in style.
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Former Chief Daryl Gates was an avid jogger, while Ed Davis, who led the department for much of the 1970s, was a golfer, which led their proteges to pound the pavement or hit the links.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
And, fortunately, that life was just continuing to pound the pavement to get my work out there.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
For this, the entrepreneur needs to leave the cubicle, pound the pavement and talk to the customer.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024
Most people pound the pavement and glad-hand for months for far less, so consider this the season’s most unlikely master class.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
As is becoming typical of today's EVs, both pound the pavement with heavy curb weights.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 13 Oct. 2022
The black bear was spotted Sunday in Arlington, a relatively developed suburb, where bears do not routinely pound the pavement.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
However, the actor — now a Tony Award nominee for his performance as Eddie Ryan in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl — had to pound the pavement, quite literally, before Broadway finally came calling.
—Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com, 3 June 2022
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Former Chief Daryl Gates was an avid jogger, while Ed Davis, who led the department for much of the 1970s, was a golfer, which led their proteges to pound the pavement or hit the links.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
And, fortunately, that life was just continuing to pound the pavement to get my work out there.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
For this, the entrepreneur needs to leave the cubicle, pound the pavement and talk to the customer.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024
Most people pound the pavement and glad-hand for months for far less, so consider this the season’s most unlikely master class.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
As is becoming typical of today's EVs, both pound the pavement with heavy curb weights.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 13 Oct. 2022
The black bear was spotted Sunday in Arlington, a relatively developed suburb, where bears do not routinely pound the pavement.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
However, the actor — now a Tony Award nominee for his performance as Eddie Ryan in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl — had to pound the pavement, quite literally, before Broadway finally came calling.
—Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com, 3 June 2022
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