walk down

walk down

1. To descend (something) on foot. One of the guys from the IT department said he'd walk down to the room where the servers are to see what the problem was. I've always hated walking down the stairs to my cellar at night. It's so spooky in there!
2. To accompany or escort someone to a lower level on foot. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "walk" and "down." Thank you for coming in to talk to us today. Sam will walk you down to the lobby. The basement is a bit of a mess at the moment, so let me walk you down there.
3. To travel along the course of something on foot. We couldn't help but feel nervous as we started walking down the path into the dark woods. I was just walking down the street, minding my own business, when someone suddenly hit me in the face with a pie.
4. To accompany, escort, or maneuver someone or something along the course of something on foot. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "walk" and "down." The police officers began walking the suspect down the sidewalk toward the station. I had to walk my bike down the street because it had two flat tires.
5. To travel to some specific location on foot. A: "Do you want to come over to my house tonight to watch a movie?" B: "Sure, I'll walk down after dinner." I walk down to the same news stand every morning to get a copy of the paper to bring with me on the train.
6. To accompany or escort someone to some specific location on foot. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "walk" and "down." My parents insisted on walking me down to the train station. I can walk you down to the bank to show you where it is.
See also: down, walk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

walk down something

to go down something on foot. She walked down the path and turned to the right. Todd was walking down the road when they caught up with him.
See also: down, walk
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • hurry down
  • hurry down (to some place)
  • climb down
  • land in
  • ride down on (something)
  • lughead
  • come down
  • land on
  • ride down
  • let down
References in periodicals archive
But still I wonder how I look when I walk down a street: Do I walk like my dad!
Kay said that even if Thomas made it to his daughter's wedding, Markle would've still opted to walk down the aisle by herself first before he would join her.
[United States], May 19 ( ANI ): Prince Charles making her future daughter-in-law Meghan Markle walk down the aisle will be a big break in the royal tradition as this role is usually reserved from someone from bride's family.
6 Walk down the hill and turn left at the cross in the path.
After the ceremony a delighted Sian, wearing a long ivory wedding gown and crystal and diamond tiara in her hair, said: "I was determined that I'd actually get out of my chair and walk down the aisle to wed Steve.
Next time you walk down Cairo streets, stop and feel the peacefulness emanating from the pigeons' flutters.
During morning foreign object debris (FOD) walk down ABH1 Valladares ensures FOD walk-down participants are actively engaged in picking up FOD on the flight deck by positioning himself 15-20 feet behind the wave of over 200-300 FOD walk participants.
So we decided to get away from it all and took a walk down the canal footpath, with beautiful greenery, but not as green as we hoped.
A PARALYSED man will be able to walk down the aisle thanks to a groundbreaking robotic frame.
I am a resident of New Mill and regularly walk down Kirkbridge Lane.
However, when you walk down the park there's dog poop everywhere.
It becoming increasingly difficult to walk down Broad Street, something I do nearly every day, trying to avoid the numerous advertising boards outside the various pubs and clubs.
"We took the 32 children on a walk down Trimdon Avenue displaying their posters and chanting '20 is plenty.'" The annual event raises awareness of the dangers of traffic while promoting walking and raising funds to improve road safety and care for road crash victims.
I then had to either get another lift or walk down to the ground floor.
Nishan added that Sabah mocked many of the female guests who appeared on the show, saying that they had no idea how to walk down the stairs featured in the show.