"walk the streets" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: walks the streets [present, singular, third-person], walking the streets [participle, present], walked the streets [participle, past], walked the streets [past]
Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
    Sense id: en-walk_the_streets-en-verb-uRI30Cfq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 33 27 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 33 27 2
  2. To be free to move about in a city or town.
    Sense id: en-walk_the_streets-en-verb-AwTkrMlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 33 27 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 33 27 2
  3. (dated) To be unemployed; to be looking for work. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-walk_the_streets-en-verb-5NR8gCg6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 33 28 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 33 27 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 33 27 2
  4. To prostitute.
    Sense id: en-walk_the_streets-en-verb-NO~0WcvM

Inflected forms

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          "text": "So after the Beatles bit we walked the streets of Hamburg for a while, amazed at the vibrancy of the place.",
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