hit the bricks

verb3

1. •
   To travel about, especially on foot.

   • [T]housands of brewers, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, cooks, checkers, cashiers, dishwashers, hotel maids and bellmen, too, would be forced to hit the bricks in search of other work. — 1949
2. •
   To participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing.

   • Queens bus driver Mousie Garcia, 30, said she doesn't want a strike but will hit the bricks if the MTA doesn't come through with no-strings-attached raises. — 2002
3. •
   To leave or depart; to get out.

   • Alas, Hancock did not have his receipt, so the shop owner told him to hit the bricks. — 2004