amble along

amble along

To walk in a slow or aimless fashion. We had some extra time before the concert, so we ambled along Main Street. I'm usually late because my kids just amble along, as if we have no time constraints whatsoever.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

amble along (something)

to walk along slowly and casually somewhere. They ambled along the path. I was just ambling along, minding my own business, when I tripped.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • kill time
  • kill time, to
  • saunter along
  • kill time, a couple of hours, etc.
  • kill
  • kill (an amount of time)
  • be running around in circles
  • putter along
  • go walkabout
  • go round in circles
References in periodicals archive
And they can amble along, heads down and eyes glued to Candy Crush or Insta, bouncing off each other like ball bearings in a pinball machine instead of knocking us over.
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So while our fellow 'Premers' act like football clubs rather than commodity brokers, and strive to engage with the ever-changing world of top-flight football, distasteful although some of those practices are, we amble along in Cherry Pie Creek as if Match of the Day was still in black and white.
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An easy lakeside amble along the quiet side of Derwent Water and through tranquil parkland.
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The parade will amble along the A91 from the Johnstone Arms to the entrance to the Cochrane Park.
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The 150ps engine is a quick starter, pulls well with up to 240Nm or torque available underfoot and it has plenty of punch to safely overtake or amble along motorways on longer journeys.
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The 150ps engine is a quick starter, pulls well, with up to 240Nm or torque available underfoot, and it has plenty of punch to safely overtake or amble along motorways on longer journeys.
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Could it not be renovated so that we oldies can amble along the boardwalk and take in the sea air on our Zimmers?
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If you want to amble along and take in some of the sights, that's fine.
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The first ride, 'Biking, bunnies, and boats', will amble along at a gentle 6mph and gets under way at 11am on Easter Sunday from Hawkshead.
Loving the Lakes on two wheels
Unfortunately, as I was soon to learn, her version of docile was to amble along the path slowly, some way behind my friend on his fierier beast, before panicking that she was being left behind and breaking into a trot that threatened occasionally to turn into a gallop.
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Or you could just amble along the bazr on the Mall and meet good-humoured local folk.
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Usually, boredom and worry about the next bush being better make pickers amble along - as if another row will hold anything different from more fruitful plants, loaded with blue dots waiting to be slid from their stems.
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Meeting at the Bullring Bull, the tour will amble along New Street, passing through Victoria Square and Paradise Forum, before culminating in Centenary Square.
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Tracks amble along and then comes another, much the same as the last one.
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Strollers who venture to this enclave of scenic beauty - ten minutes north of the racecourse - can amble along a wide path from the Hunter's Inn to the cove at Heddons Mouth Beach, while more active walkers can enjoy a circular cliff-edge yomp to Woody Bay.
Hairpin bends amid the windy heights on fringe of Exmoor