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7 VERB If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely. □ [V n prep/adv] She walked me to my car.

8 VERB If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy. □ [V n] I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.

9to be walking on air → see air

10to walk tall → see tall

▸  walk away PHRASAL VERB If you walk away from a problem or a difficult situation, you do nothing about it or do not face any bad consequences from it. □ [V P + from ] The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem. □ [V P ] No one knows you're a part of this. You can just walk away.

▸  walk away with PHRASAL VERB If you walk away with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V P P n] Enter our competition and you could walk away with £10,000.

▸  walk in on PHRASAL VERB If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation. □ [V P P n] I walked in on him chatting to a woman on webcam.

▸  walk into

1 PHRASAL VERB If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless. □ [V P n] He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you walk into a job, you manage to get it very easily. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] When I left school, I could walk into any job.

▸  walk off with PHRASAL VERB If you walk off with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V P P n] The delighted pensioner walked off with a £2,000 prize.

▸  walk out

1 PHRASAL VERB If you walk out of a meeting, a performance, or an unpleasant situation, you leave it suddenly, usually in order to show that you are angry or bored. □ [V P + of ] Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest. □ [V P ] Mr. Mason walked out during the performance.

2 PHRASAL VERB If someone walks out on their family or their partner, they leave them suddenly and go to live somewhere else. □ [V P + on ] Her husband walked out on her.

3 PHRASAL VERB If workers walk out , they stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves. □ [V P ] Nationwide industrial action began earlier this week, when staff at most banks walked out.

▸  walk over PHRASAL VERB If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] Do you think you can walk over me? Well, you won't, ever! SYNONYMS walk VERB 1

stride:He turned abruptly and strode off down the corridor.

wander:They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store.

stroll:Afterwards, we strolled back and settled down with the newspapers.

march:He marched into the kitchen without knocking.

walk|about /wɔː kəbaʊt/ (walkabouts ) N‑COUNT A walkabout is a walk by a king, queen, or other important person through a public place in order to meet people in an informal way. [mainly BRIT ] □  He was ambushed by angry protesters during a walkabout in Bolton. ● PHRASE If a king, queen, or other important person goes walkabout or goes on a walkabout , he or she walks through crowds in a public place in order to meet people in an informal way. [BRIT ] □  The Prime Minister insisted on going walkabout in Belfast.

walk|er /wɔː kə ^r / (walkers )

1 N‑COUNT A walker is a person who walks, especially in the countryside for pleasure or in order to keep healthy.