walk the floor
To pace back and forth, to and fro around a room. I was a nervous wreck, walking the floor for hours waiting for the doctors to give me an update on his condition. I could hear him up there walking the floor as he tried to come up with a solution to the problem.
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.
walk the floor
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.