"walk the beat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-walk the beat.wav Forms: walks the beat [present, singular, third-person], walking the beat [participle, present], walked the beat [participle, past], walked the beat [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-walk_the_beat-en-verb-4221ztSg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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