pound a beat
English
WOTD – 17 September 2015
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- (idiomatic, usually of a police officer) To walk a regular route.
- 1948, Alfred Haines Cope, The administration of civil service in cities of the third class in Pennsylvania, page 65
- Flat feet may be important to the patrolman who must pound a beat, but in cities with patrol cars, should mild cases of flat feet disqualify?
- 1970, The Bench and Bar of Minnesota, Volume 27, Page 8
- You can't ask a college graduate who is interested in law enforcement to pound a beat for four years before he becomes a sergeant.
- 2012, Frank Kane, Grave Danger, section 14
- I worked my way up from a flatfoot pounding a beat to where I am today. I like being a cop, I'm proud of being a cop.
- 1948, Alfred Haines Cope, The administration of civil service in cities of the third class in Pennsylvania, page 65
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