pounding the pavement

"I got laid off on a Friday,but by the following Monday I picked up the want ads and started pounding the pavement."
by Bungalow Bill May 11, 2007
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pounding pavement

Pound pavement means that you are seriously determined to find a job. You dive in and seriously devote all energy absolutely not stopping until you have one.
Hey man, where has he been?”
“He’s getting nervous and has been pounding pavement until he gets work.”
by Suzdip February 09, 2018
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