hit the pavement

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === hit the pavement (third-person singular simple present hits the pavement, present participle hitting the pavement, simple past and past participle hit the pavement) (idiomatic) To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk. (idiomatic) To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle. 1925, "Automotive Section: "Hitting it up" (advertisement)," Ottawa Citizen, 4 July (retrieved 28 Sep 2010): "And when we hit the pavement, we found we had covered the last 54 miles in an hour and twenty minutes." ==== Synonyms ==== (begin to walk): hit the bricks, pound the pavement (begin to move in an auto): hit the road