1
: located above the ground floor in a building with no elevator
a walk-up apartment
2
: consisting of several stories and having no elevator
a walk-up tenement
3
: designed to allow pedestrians to be served without entering a building
the walk-up window of a bank
: an apartment or office building of several stories that has no elevator
also
: an apartment or office in such a building
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Utopia’s head of marketing and distribution Kyle Greenberg says the Film Forum audience is multigenerational from Gen Z to boomers checking out the film with long lines and strong walk-up traffic.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
Her choices, considered the inspiration for today’s walk-up music, have earned Faust a gold record and the admiration of generations of baseball fans.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Utopia’s head of marketing and distribution Kyle Greenberg says the Film Forum audience is multigenerational from Gen Z to boomers checking out the film with long lines and strong walk-up traffic.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Noun
The rewarding gallery of characters who pass through the Brusteins’ modest walk-up, authentically rendered by the Dots design collective, go a long way to enriching Hansberry’s construct.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Walk-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-up. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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