Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hit the pavement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
hit the -pave-ment
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk.

verb

To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

hits the pavement (present, singular) hitting the pavement (participle, present)

Synonyms

hit the bricks pound the pavement hit the road

Questions

What does hit the pavement mean?
To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk.

How to pronounce hit the pavement

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