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walk the beat

walk the beat verb: to patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard.

Verb

walk the beat (third-person singular simple present walks the beat, present participle walking the beat, simple past and past participle walked the beat)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard.

Forms of walk the beat

third-person singular presentwalks the beat
present participlewalking the beat
past participlewalked the beat
pastwalked the beat

Questions about walk the beat

What does walk the beat mean?
Walk the beat means to patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard.
What part of speech is walk the beat?
Walk the beat is a verb.
What is the past tense of walk the beat?
The past tense of walk the beat is walked the beat.

Words near walk the beat in the dictionary

  1. walk policy
  2. walk shorts
  3. walk softly and carry a big stick
  4. walk Spanish
  5. walk tall
  6. walk the beat
  7. walk the boards
  8. walk the cat back
  9. walk the chalk
  10. walk the chalk line
  11. walk the chalk mark

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