pavement
[ peyv-muh nt ]
/ ˈpeɪv mənt /
noun
Words nearby pavement
pavarotti, pavarotti, luciano, pave, pave the way, pavel petrovich, pavement, pavement artist, paver, pavese, pavia, pavid
Idioms for pavement
pound the pavement, Informal. to walk the streets in order to accomplish something: If you're going to find work you'd better start pounding the pavement.
OTHER WORDS FROM pavement
pave·men·tal [peyv-men-tl] /peɪvˈmɛn tl/, adjectivepre·pave·ment, nounsub·pave·ment, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for pound the pavement
pavement
/ (ˈpeɪvmənt) /
noun
a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a roadUS and Canadian word: sidewalk
a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare
the material used in paving
civil engineering the hard layered structure that forms a road carriageway, airfield runway, vehicle park, or other paved areas
Word Origin for pavement
C13: from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard
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Idioms and Phrases with pound the pavement (1 of 2)
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]
Idioms and Phrases with pound the pavement (2 of 2)
pavement
see pound the pavement.
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