walk the dog

walk the dog

To exercise a pet dog by having it walk outdoors. The owner typically guides the dog by holding onto a leash attached to the dog's collar. I don't have time to walk the dog tonight, so can you please do it? I bumped into your sister while I was out walking the dog.
See also: dog, walk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • my dawg
  • my dog
  • my dogg
  • dew
  • dog-dew
  • dog-do
  • dog-doo
  • bow-wow
  • hunt
  • dog-eat-dog
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"We called it 'walking the dog' as in the past husbands used to say to their wives they were going to walk the dog when really they were going to the pub.
DOG ON THE TYNE
However, in the US market, sales of Newcastle Brown Ale - often called 'dog' on Tyneside from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "go to the pub" - soared by 10% or the equivalent of 10 million bottles.
US sales cheer for S&N; in association with RBS
The pair continued with the relationship and everything seemed fine and they would walk the dogs on Cobridge Park normally using the entrance on Leonora Street.
Chilling message murderer had ready to send to ex after killing her son, 19; Robert Goodwin, 57, killed ex partner Tania Morris' son Nathan, and had a message ready to send her, an inquest heard
'It is common practice for the students to walk the dogs to learn their behaviour and how to properly handle them.
Why were Malay women walking dogs? PAWS explains
Not allowing us to use the playing fields to walk the dogs would be a crime - our local playing field gets used once at a weekend and once during the week for training - so if you ban dog walkers, who is actually going to use the green space?
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Tuesday Up at 7am, walk the dogs, then off to work.
7 days with: Anita Graham: Walking the dogs, home-made curry and a winner too