- on the beat
- on the job, working, doing a task or assignment
A journalist must be on the beat, working among the people and telling their stories.
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hear the beat — or[see the beat] {v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by of . * /I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river … Dictionary of American idioms
hear the beat — or[see the beat] {v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by of . * /I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river … Dictionary of American idioms
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see the beat — See: HEAR THE BEAT … Dictionary of American idioms
see the beat — See: HEAR THE BEAT … Dictionary of American idioms
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat — Studio album by Junior Senior Released August 4, 2003 … Wikipedia
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