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  • 111walk — vb 1. to go free. A term popularised by its use in US TV crime dramas and the like. ► Just give us the names we want and we ll let you walk. 2. to escape, leave, disappear ► And the guy walked. (He walked with twenty million dollars but he walked …

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  • 112walk in on — PHRASAL VERB If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation. [V P P n] His wife walked in on him making love …

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  • 113walk it — informal achieve a victory easily. → walk …

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  • 114walk-in — adjective (of a storage area) large enough to walk into …

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  • 115walk — I. v. n. 1. Go on foot, advance by steps. 2. Take one s exercise. 3. Be stirring, be abroad, go about. 4. Depart, move off. 5. Behave, conduct one s self, pursue a course of life, act, demean one s self. II. v. a. 1 …

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  • 116walk-on — also walk on part noun (C) a small acting part with no words to say in a play or film, or an actor who has a part like this …

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  • 117walk — v 1. step, ambulate, perambulate, stride, pace, tread; foot it, Sl. hoof it, pad, ride shanks mare, go by shanks mare, Chiefly Scot. shank; stroll, saunter, amble; slog, trudge, plod; shamble, shuffle, Inf. galumph; lurch, stagger, wobble,… …

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  • 118ˌwalk ˈin on sb — phrasal verb to walk into a room where someone is doing something that is private or secret …

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  • 119walk-in — /ˈwɔk ɪn/ (say wawk in) adjective (of a cupboard, pantry, etc.) designed so that a person can walk in and move around …

  • 120walk-on — /ˈwɔk ɒn/ (say wawk on) noun a small part in a play, especially one in which the actor does not speak at all. Also, walking part, walk on part …