go walkabout
idiomDefinition of go walkabout
1 : to go on a walkabout (a long walking journey on land that is far from towns and cities) an Aborigine who has gone walkabout
2 British, informal + humorous —used to say that something or someone cannot be found My keys have gone walkabout.
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