walk the streets

phrase

1

: to walk in a city

People don't feel safe walking the streets at night.

My wife was away and it was the middle of winter, and I remember getting home and I'd lost my keys. I had to walk the streets with my daughter screaming in the cold.

—Josh Widdecombe, quoted in The Independent (London)

2

: to find customers as a sex worker by walking around in the streets

… the girl said she was being held against her will in a hotel room and forced "to walk the streets and perform sex acts for money," investigators said in court records.

—Nate Gartrell

Examples of walk the streets in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thousands of fans, six deep along the barricades, waited for this LSU team, led by Kiffin, to walk the streets just outside of Tiger Stadium. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

The footage includes Cohen’s taking classes, walking the streets, and going on various shows as Ali G (occasionally accompanied by a very pregnant-looking girlfriend, played by British comedian Morgana Robinson). — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

The trailer opens with Irwin and Gary walking the streets of late ‘80s New York City alone before meeting up. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

Advertisement Still, the two spend the night together, walking the streets of the city and falling asleep on the beach together. — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for walk the streets

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