"walk the beat" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "walks the beat",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walking the beat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked the beat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked the beat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "walk the beat (third-person singular simple present walks the beat, present participle walking the beat, simple past and past participle walked the beat)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
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      "glosses": [
        "To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard."
      ],
      "id": "en-walk_the_beat-en-verb-4221ztSg",
      "links": [
        [
          "patrol",
          "patrol"
        ],
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, slang) To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "walk the beat"
}

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    {
      "form": "walks the beat",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walking the beat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked the beat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked the beat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard."
      ],
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        [
          "patrol",
          "patrol"
        ],
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ],
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          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, slang) To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "walk the beat"
}