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  • 71walk — {{11}}walk (n.) late 14c., act of walking (see WALK (Cf. walk) (v.)). The noun meaning broad path in a garden is from 1530s; walk of life is from 1752. Sports sense of base on balls is recorded from 1905. To win in a walk (1854) is from horse… …

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  • 72walk-in — I. adjective Date: 1926 1. large enough to be walked into < a walk in closet > 2. arranged so as to be entered directly rather than through a lobby < a walk in apartment > 3. a. being a person who walks in without an appointment < a walk in blood …

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  • 73walk — 1. verb /wɔːk,wɔk,wɑk/ a) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. If you can’t present …

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  • 74walk-on — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms walk on : singular walk on plural walk ons theatre, cinema a) a small acting part in a film or a play, especially one with no words to say a walk on part b) an actor who has a walk on part …

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  • 75walk — 1. n. something easy. (Always with a in this sense. See also cakewalk; sleepwalk.) □ That game was a walk! □ What a walk! I’ve never had such an easy time of it! 2. in. to walk out on someone. □ They had a big fight …

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  • 76walk on — идти вперед to walk with a hobble хромать при ходьбе; идти прихрамывая they took a walk before dinner они погуляли перед обедом to walk with a gymnastic step идти гимнастическим шагом to walk with a staff идти, опираясь на палку to walk with a&#8230; …

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  • 77walk in on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms walk in on : present tense I/you/we/they walk in on he/she/it walks in on present participle walking in on past tense walked in on past participle walked in on walk in on someone to walk into a room where&#8230; …

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  • 78walk —  1. Take away without permission.    ♣ Someone s walked it. See walk it and walk (it).  2. Disappear.    ♣ It seems to have walked.  3. walk home Take (girl) home,  4. walk (it)  Win easily …

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  • 79walk-in — 1. mod. having to do with a customer who just comes in off the street. □ Two walk in customers wanted morning papers but nothing more. □ We were hoping for more walk in trade. 2. n. a customer who walks in off the street. □ We had a couple of&#8230; …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 80walk-in — I noun 1. person who walks in without having an appointment the emergency room was overrun with walk ins • Derivationally related forms: ↑walk in • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑ …

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