beat one's way

beat one's way
амер.
бродяжничать; ехать зайцем (особ. в товарных вагонах)

From 1900 to 1916 I "beat my way" about thirty-five thousand miles on American railroads. (W. Foster, ‘Pages from a Worker's Life’, ch. III) — С 1900 по 1916 год я проехал "зайцем" по американским железным дорогам около тридцати пяти тысяч миль.

He was beating his way on foot, muleback, raft and canoe. (WD) — Он добирался до места на своих двоих, верхом на муле, на плоту и даже на байдарке.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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