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walk
verb- to win something easily UK, 1903
- So if Labour looks set to walk it, why does it appear so worried? — The Guardian, 4 June 2000
- to escape unpunished US
- He grinned. “You’re going to walk, Carlito. How does it feel?” —Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 165, 1979
- RACINE: You would look favorably on that? JUDGE COSTANZAQ: He can walk. — Body Heat, 1980
- [S]he was brought to trial, she walked. — Jimmy Stockin, On the Cobbles, p. 172, 2000
- to quit a job or commitment US
- “What I’m saying to you,” Raji said, “the white chick Linda, she leaves, the label’s gonna cancel me out and I have to start over. They in love with Linda, and Vita. Linda walks, Vita’s liable to.” —Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 111, 1999
- (of objects) to disappear, presumed borrowed or stolen UK, 1898
- We found a dozen of them, so I thought one could walk OK. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 190, 2000
- to move a boat sideways US
- I worked on the coal barge and then this big triple-screw towboat, the Robert R. Nally, comes in sideways from out in the river–that’s calling walking the boat, when they do that. — Elmore Leonard, Killshot, p. 198, 1989
- (used of a military aviator) to suit up for battle US
From the vocabulary of fighter pilots. - Stationed aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Lt. Ashley likes to “walk early.” In the lingo of Navy aviators, “walking” means suiting up for battle. “I wake up, I breathe, I hit the head, then I walk,” she says. — Newsweek, p. 34, 29 October 2001
▶ walk a cat back
to trace a missile back to its launch site US
Gulf war usage.- — American Speech, p. 404, Winter 1991: “Among the new words”
▶ walk back the cat
to reconstruct events in order to understand what went wrong US
Probably coined by Robert Littell for his novel of espionage cited below.- What do you say you and I pool our violence and walk back the cat together? What do you say we start at the start? — Robert Littell, Walking Back the Cat, 1997
▶ walk in tall corn
to make a great deal of money US- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 385, 1997
▶ walk out on
to abandon someone or something UK, 1937 Of theatrical origin.- [H]e walked out on that Aids thing because he didn’t like it. — The Guardian, 7 July 2001
▶ walk the dog- while surfing, to move frontwards and backwards on the surfboard to affect its speed US
- — Mitch McKissick, Surf Lingo, 1987
- on the railways, to operate a freight train at such a high speed that the wagons sway US
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 168, 1977
▶ walk the nose
while surfing, to advance to the front of the board US- At Huntington and Malibu / They’re shooting the pier/ At Rincon they’re walking the nose. — Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Surfin’ Safari (performed by the Beach Boys), 1962
- — John Severson, Modern Surfing Around the World, p. 184, 1964
▶ walk the plank
to move forward on a surfboard, increasing the speed of the ride AUSTRALIA- — Jack Pollard, The Australian Surfrider, p. 18, 1963
▶ walk the twelve steps
to go to court CAYMAN ISLANDS- — Aarona Booker Kohlman, Wotcha Say, p. 29, 1985
▶ walk the walk of the trollop
to convey sexuality while walking US, 1991
Another catchphrase from the “Wayne’s World” sketch on Saturday Night Live.- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 10, Spring 1991
▶ walk the walk; walk the walk and talk the talk
to be (or behave as if) totally familiar with, and a part of, a given circumstance UK- They swan about backstage in their skinny trousers, walking the walk and talking the talk, but do they actually know the first thing about rock’n’roll? — The Guardian, p. 14, 28 June 2004
▶ walk the yard
to methodically walk in a prison open space US- Walking the yard was a mind bender. — Gerald Petievich, Money Men, p. 35, 1981
▶ walk with your Lucy
to inject a drug US- “I want to go out walking with my Lucy.” He made a gesture with his hand, indicating shooting up. — James Ellroy, Brown’s Requiem, p. 70, 1981
▶ walk your dog
to use the toilet US- So when I went in there to “walk my dog,” you know, I picked up one and decided to try it. — Robert Gover, JC Saves, p. 119, 1968
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