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hit the bricks
(redirected from hit the pavement)

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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


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We had extras on a street shoot-out scene and they literally hit the pavement during the shoot-out.
But upon exiting, the passenger fell and hit the pavement hard.
Finding discount mattresses isn't just about flipping through the pages of your local store flyers The committed bargain hunter needs to hit the pavement and the keyboard to find the best deals on them
 
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