saunter along

saunter along

1. To walk, amble, or stroll at a leisurely, unhurried pace. Emily just sauntered along on our hike, looking at every little flower and insect on the trail. I spent the rest of the day sauntering along in the theater district.
2. To follow some particular path or route on foot at a leisurely, unhurried pace. We spent a couple hours just sauntering along the famous Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona, strolling from stall to stall and taking in the wonderful sights and sounds. I sauntered along the beach after lunch, thinking over where things stood in my relationship with Sarah.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

saunter along

to walk along slowly; to ramble along. Bob sauntered along, looking as if he didn't have a care in the world. I was just sauntering along, minding my own business, when all of a sudden a mugger jumped out and swiped my purse.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • toddle
  • toddle along
  • tootle
  • tootle along
  • tootle off
  • stroll through
  • stroll through (some place)
  • amble along
  • tip away (at something)
  • take a hike
References in periodicals archive
OK, it will happily saunter along to the shops or cope with the school run, but when the time comes to engage the 'grin factor', the Swift delivers and, if you use the revs, there's a lovely note to the engine.
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I saunter along the creek, listening to the end-of-summer trickling of water.
The practice of becoming native: it's not about having a federal Indian card, and surely not about getting a share of casino profits
Slender, starving girls as young as 11 and wide-hipped women saunter along the roadside, ready to serve them.
Life on the edge
However, when I was invited to lunch last Sunday by some lovely friends in a village along the valley, part of the deal was that we saunter along to the local football ground afterwards.
Lovely demonstration of life in countryside
They are the 'challenger' wave for the experienced runners wanting a fast time; the 70s music wave, and the 'walking' wave for those wishing to saunter along the route.
TIME is running out to enter
"It will be a challenge because it's a set route and has to be completed, so I can't just saunter along. I need to make sure there's always someone behind me and that I'm not last.
READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING; YOUNG AND OLD, BEGINNERS AND AMATEURS ARE ALL UP FOR THE BIG CHALLENGE
Some rip open the bread packets immediately and it's not unusual to spot -- mostly children -- toying with bread, folding and nibbling at it while embarking on the long saunter along the dusty track towards their home-tents.
Moving mountains for Syrian refugees
Asked to sum up Simonsig's standing compared to Sprinter Sacre, Henderson added: "They have been known to saunter along together but you have to be very careful when you do that.
Sensational Simonsig punches Arkle ticket
It was very pleasant to saunter along its banks smothered in wild garlic plants.
St Asaph A not so rough diamon
A short 15-minute drive across the island in a minibus winds around the nature reserve, where sand gazelles, peacocks and the odd (harmless) escapee saunter along the roadside leading up to the hotel.
TRAVEL - DESERT ISLAND RESORT & SPA
One of Italy's most beautiful Renaissance gardens, it's a great starting point for a gentle saunter along the embankment of the Adige River, lined with castles, churches and cypress trees, with rolling hills and the snow-capped peaks of the Dolomites in the background.
Falling in love with Verona; David Mark enjoys some great food, fine wines and amazing history in the City of Love, and discovers there's more to Verona than Romeo and Juliet
Normally, we saunter along this one trail for half a mile, then turn right on another trail for about a mile.
My dog let me down: normally they took a set route for their morning walk, but this day they set off on an unfamiliar trail
The herd sway their trunks, trumpet and saunter along in what seems like slow motion.
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1 Tekkon kinkreet (Michael Arias; Studio 4[degrees]C) In this feature-length anime, a raven ominously soars across Tokyo's vast skies before diving down to saunter along the streets of a ramshackle old neighborhood, where good and evil mesmerizingly play out to the tune of progress.
Barbara London
The Third Try is a congenial saunter along the well-trodden path.
The Third Try: Can the UN Work?