walk the floor

[walk the floor] {v. phr.}

To walk one direction and then the other across the floor, again and again; pace.

* /Mr. Black walked the floor, trying to reach a decision./

* /The sick baby had his mother walking the floor all night./

* /Mrs. Black's toothache hurt so much that she got up and walked the floor./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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