pound the pavement
mənt noun
Idioms 1.
a paved road, highway, etc.
2.
a paved surface, ground covering, or floor.
3.
a material used for paving.
4.
Atlantic States and British, sidewalk.
5.
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.
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pavement (ˈpeɪvmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | US and Canadian word: sidewalk a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road |
| 2. | a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare |
| 3. | the material used in paving |
| 4. | civil engineering the hard layered structure that forms a road carriageway, airfield runway, vehicle park, or other paved areas |
| 5. | geology See limestone pavement a level area of exposed rock resembling a paved road |
| [C13: from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard] | |
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Word Origin & History
pavement
late 13c., from O.Fr. paviment, from L. pavimentum "beaten floor," from pavire (see pave).
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Bible Dictionary
Pavement definition
It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their tribunals in open places, as the market-place, the circus, or even the highway. Pilate caused his seat of judgment to be set down in a place called "the Pavement" (John 19:13) i.e., a place paved with a mosaic of coloured stones. It was probably a place thus prepared in front of the "judgment hall." (See GABBATHA.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases
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]
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