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Phrase(s): walk the floor
Fig. to pace nervously while waiting. • While Bill waited for news of the operation, he walked the floor for hours on end. • Walking the floor won’t help. You might as well sit down and relax.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Pace up and down, as in In former times expectant fathers walked the floor, but now they often are labor coaches, or The baby was colicky, so she walked the floor with him all night.
American Heritage Idioms