Definition of walk
c
of a ship
: to make headway
2 a
: to move along on foot : advance by steps
b
: to come or go easily or readily
c
: to go on foot for exercise or pleasure
d
: to go at a walk
3 a
: to pursue a course of action or way of life : conduct oneself : behave
- walk warily
b
: to be or act in association : continue in union
- the British and American peoples will … walk together side by side … in peace
- —Sir Winston Churchill
c
: walk out
- walked over problems with management
4
: to go to first base as a result of a base on balls
5
of an inanimate object
a
: to move in a manner that is suggestive of walking
b
: to stand with an appearance suggestive of strides
- pylons walking across the valley
6
of an astronaut
: to move about in space outside a spacecraft
7
: to avoid criminal prosecution or conviction
- walked on a technicality
1 a
: to pass on foot or as if on foot through, along, over, or upon : traverse, perambulate
- walk the streets
- walk a tightrope
b
: to perform or accomplish by going on foot
- walk guard
2 a
: to cause (an animal) to go at a walk : take for a walk
- walking a dog
b (1)
: to cause to move by walking
- walked her bicycle up the hill
(2)
: to haul (something, such as an anchor) by walking round the capstan
3
: to follow on foot for the purpose of measuring, surveying, or inspecting
- walk a boundary
4 a
: to accompany on foot : walk with
- walked her home
b
: to compel to walk (as by a command)
c
: to bring to a specified condition by walking
- walked us off our feet
5
: to move (an object) in a manner suggestive of walking
6
: to perform (a dance) at a walking pace
- walk a quadrille
7
: to give a base on balls to
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walk away from
1
: to outrun or get the better of without difficulty
2
: to survive (an accident) with little or no injury
3
: to give up or leave behind willingly : abandon
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walk off with
1 a
: to steal and take away
b
: to take over unexpectedly from someone else : steal 1d
- walked off with the show
2
: to win or gain especially by outdoing one's competitors without difficulty
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walk on eggshells
or
walk on eggs
: to exercise extreme caution
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walk over
: to treat contemptuously
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walk the plank
1
: to walk under compulsion over the side of a ship into the sea
2
: to resign an office or position under compulsion
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walk through
1
: to go through (a theatrical role, a familiar activity, etc.) perfunctorily (as in an early stage of rehearsal)
2
: to guide (someone, such as a novice) through an unfamiliar or complex procedure step-by-step
3
: to deal with or carry out perfunctorily
