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tootle along

1. To walk forward in a leisurely or aimless manner; to stroll along. We're never going to see everything if you keep tootling along like that!
2. To follow the course of something in a leisurely or aimless manner; to stroll along something. We tootled along the beach chatting about all sorts of things.
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tootle off

To walk leisurely or carelessly away (from someone or something); to stroll or amble off. The man just took his food and then tootled off without paying! I used to be a guide for a walking tour when I lived in Florence, and you always had people tootling off throughout the day.
See also: off, tootle

tootle-oo

A quaint, informal, and lighthearted expression of farewell. Primarily heard in UK. Thank you for your hospitality, but I had best be going. Tootle-oo! She waved out the window of the train to her family and shouted, "Tootle-oo!"

tootles

A quaint, informal, and lighthearted expression of farewell. Thank you for a lovely lunch, but I'd better get going. Tootles! A: "See you all tomorrow!" B: "Tootles, Jan!"
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tootle along

in. to depart. I think I’d better tootle along now.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tootle along
  • toddle
  • toddle along
  • make (one's) way along (something)
  • make way along
  • pound along
  • come along
  • rip along
  • zoom along
  • famously
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The point I find most amusing is that motorists are happy to tootle along at 79mph on a motorway.
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Tootle, a platform that sells cars, has announced that it has partnered with Confused.com, an insurance comparison website.
Tootle enters into deal with insurance comparison website
Butler was sent off for using "excessive force" when challenging for a high ball after referee Craig Hicks judged that he had caught Magpies defender Matt Tootle with an elbow.
Butler 'relief' after red card is overturned
The harrowing dash-cam footage shows the Volvo lorry being driven by Peter Tootle, 61, crashing into the stationary vehicles and shunting them along.
Moment distracted HGV driver ploughed into cars; Father killed and 8 injured in crash caught on dash cam
Stephanie Brooke Dearman and Kyle Joseph Tootle were united in holy matrimony at five o'clock in the afternoon on April 26, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Biloxi.
Dearman & Tootle