"on the beat" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the beat, {{en-PP}} on the beat
  1. (law enforcement) Of a police officer: patrolling his or her assigned area; on duty. Categories (topical): Law enforcement Translations (on duty): ar an stádar (Irish), di pattuglia (Italian), di ronda (Italian), in servizio (Italian)
    Sense id: en-on_the_beat-en-prep_phrase-1g0MLi8w Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 11 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 85 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 86 11 3 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'on duty': 98 2 0
  2. (slang, euphemistic) Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”) Tags: euphemistic, slang Synonyms: on the game [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-on_the_beat-en-prep_phrase-sw9MnXJU Categories (other): English euphemisms
  3. In the correct rhythm or tempo
    Sense id: en-on_the_beat-en-prep_phrase-U-zyYTyr
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