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walk

verb

1 the two men walked along the road deep in conversation:

stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, patrol, step out, wander, ramble, tread, prowl, footslog, promenade, roam, traipse;

stretch one's legs, go for a walk, take the air;

advance, proceed, move, go, make one's way;

informal mosey, pootle;

British, informal yomp;

rare perambulate.

2 he walked the five miles into town:

go by/on foot, travel on foot, foot it, be a pedestrian;

informal go by/on Shanks's pony, hoof it.

3 she thanked him for walking her home:

accompany, escort, guide, show, see, convoy, conduct, usher, marshal, lead, take, attend, chaperone, steer, herd, shepherd.

□ walk all over someoneinformal

1 be a bit firmer with the kids or they'll walk all over you:

take advantage of, impose on, exploit, make use of, use, abuse, misuse, manipulate, take liberties with, trifle with, play with;

informal walk over, take for a ride, put one over on, play for a sucker, run rings around.

2 Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the home team:

trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees;

informal thrash, lick, hammer, clobber, paste, pound, pulverize, crucify, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, wipe the floor with, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank;

British, informal stuff, marmalize;

North American, informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam;

US, informal own.

□ walk off with (also walk away with)

1 informal someone's walked off with my car keys:

steal, thieve, make/run off with, carry off, help oneself to, rob, pilfer, purloin, pocket, snatch, take, appropriate, abstract;

informal filch, swipe, nab, snaffle, blag, liberate, rip something off;

British, informal pinch, nick, half-inch, whip, knock off, trouser.

2 he walked off with four awards:

win easily, win hands down, achieve, attain, earn, gain, receive, obtain, acquire, secure, collect, pick up, come away with, net;

informal bag.

□ walk out

1 he had walked out in a temper:

leave suddenly, make a sudden departure, get up and go, storm off/out, flounce out, push off, depart, leave, get out, absent oneself, take wing;

informal take off.

2 teachers are ready to walk out in a protest over class sizes:

go on strike, call a strike, strike, withdraw one's labour, stop work;

protest, mutiny, revolt;

British take industrial action;

British, informal down tools.

□ walk out on

he walked out on his pregnant girlfriend:

desert, abandon, leave, leave in the lurch, betray, run away from, throw over, jilt, run out on, rat on;

informal chuck, dump, ditch, leave someone holding the baby;

British, informal give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off;

archaic forsake.

noun

1 country walks:

stroll, saunter, amble, promenade;

ramble, hike, tramp, march;

constitutional, turn, airing, excursion, outing, breather.

2 he admired her elegant walk:

gait, manner of walking, pace, step, stride, tread, carriage, bearing.

3 street lamps illuminated the riverside walk:

pathway, path, footpath, track, lane, alley, alleyway, walkway, promenade, trail, trackway, ride, towpath;

road, avenue, drive;

British pavement, footway.

4 British the first job is to sort the post into different walks:

route, beat, round, run, circuit.

□ walk of life

people from all walks of life:

class, status, rank, caste, station, sphere, arena, area, domain, realm;

line of work, line, profession, career, vocation, calling, job, day job, occupation, employment, business, trade, craft, pursuit, work, province, field;

French métier.

□ walk in the parkinformal

the second movement is consequently a little easier, though still no walk in the park:

easy task, easy job, child's play, nothing, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, sinecure;

informal doddle, breeze, piece of cake, picnic, money for old rope, money for jam, cinch, sitter, kids' stuff, cushy job/number, doss, cakewalk, pushover;

North American, informal duck soup, snap;

Australian, New Zealand, informal bludge, snack;

South African, informal a piece of old tackie;

British, vulgar slang a piece of piss;

dated snip.

walk Oxford Dictionary of English