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walk off with

walk off with
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wawk awf, of with, with]
    • /wɔk ɔf, ɒf wɪθ, wɪð/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wawk awf, of with, with]
    • /wɔk ɔf, ɒf wɪθ, wɪð/

Definitions of walk off with words

  • verb without object walk off with 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 walk off with to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch. 1
  • verb without object walk off with (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 walk off with Baseball. to receive a base on balls. 1
  • verb without object walk off with 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 walk off with 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 walk off with

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 Walk off with

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

walk off with 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".

walk off with usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for walk off with

verb walk off with

  • carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
  • carry the day — to win a contest or competition; succeed
  • copped — to catch; nab.
  • copping — the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
  • cribbing — the action of one that cribs

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