Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To travel about, especially on foot.

  2. (idiomatic)To leave or depart; to get out.

  3. (idiomatic)To participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing.

Forms

hits the bricks, hitting the bricks, hit the bricks, hit the bricks
Base formhit the bricks · to hit the bricks
3rd person singularhits the bricks
Present participlehitting the bricks
Past simplehit the bricks
Past participlehit the bricks

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhit the bricks
he, she, ithits the bricks

Past simpleLesson

all personshit the bricks

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hit the bricks
he, she, ithas hit the bricks

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hit the bricks

Synonyms

10 synonyms
participate in a job action or public protest:protestB2strikeB1picketwalk outtake to the bricks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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