walk the streets

== English == === Verb === walk the streets (third-person singular simple present walks the streets, present participle walking the streets, simple past and past participle walked the streets) To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself. To be free to move about in a city or town. 2007, Martha C. Reith, Highlights in History: 1900-1939, Remedia Publications, page 10, His business was crime, yet he walked the streets of Chicago with no fear of punishment. (dated) To be unemployed; to be looking for work. To prostitute.