take a walk

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teyk ey wawk]
- /teɪk eɪ wɔk/
- /teɪk ə wɔːk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teyk ey wawk]
- /teɪk eɪ wɔk/

Definitions of take a walk words

verb without object take a walk to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion. 1
verb without object take a walk to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch. 1
verb without object take a walk (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk. 1
verb without object take a walk Baseball. to receive a base on balls. 1
verb without object take a walk Slang. to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise. to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn't present his case well, the murderer may walk. 1
verb without object take a walk to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night. 1

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Origin of take a walk

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; (v.) Middle English walken, Old English wealcan to roll, toss, gewealcan to go; cognate with Dutch, German walken to full (cloth), Old Norse vālka to toss; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Take a walk

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exclamation

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take a walk popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for take a walk

verb take a walk

abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
footed — having a foot or feet (often used in combination): a four-footed animal.

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