Idiom
pound a beat
Meaning
Of a police officer, to walk a regular route.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The officer likes to pound a beat in the city center.”
“After graduating from the academy, the young officer began to pound a beat in the quiet suburbs.”
“The veteran officer continued to pound a beat through the rain-slicked streets, observing the neighborhood's slow transformation over three decades of service.”
Examples
simple
“The officer likes to pound a beat in the city center.”
contextual
“After graduating from the academy, the young officer began to pound a beat in the quiet suburbs.”
complex
“The veteran officer continued to pound a beat through the rain-slicked streets, observing the neighborhood's slow transformation over three decades of service.”
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