walk betydelse and definition

Betydelse av walk på svenska

• 0 to move along by putting one foot in front of the other, allowing each foot to touch the ground before lifting the next:

  • I walked home.

  • A cat was walking along the top of the fence.

  • He walks two miles to work every morning.

  • He offered to walk her home/to the station.

  • She walks the dog for an hour every afternoon.

  • You broke another pair of glasses? You're just a walking disaster!

• 1 to not be charged with a crime, or to be allowed to leave a court after being found not guilty of a crime:

  • If police don't get the right evidence, he'll walk.

  • The first batters either missed or walked.

  • He would have had a perfect game, except he walked a batter in the final inning.

• 2 to suddenly leave a job or other situation because you have not been given what you want:

  • Pay essential workers $650 a week or we walk.

  • "Get real or we walk" UK warns Brussels as Brexit trade deal talks resume.

  • You give me twenty percent discount on the price or I walk.

• 3 to pass or win something, such as an exam or game, easily:

  • She'll walk the interview - the job is practically hers already.

• 4 a journey that you make by walking, often for enjoyment:

  • He went for/took a walk around the block, to get some air.

  • They went on a ten-mile walk to raise money for charity.

  • Every afternoon she takes her grandfather out for a walk.

  • Do you know any nice walks around here?

  • He has a strange waddling sort of walk.

  • She slowed the horses to a walk.

  • The school is only a five-minute walk away.

• 5 to move along by putting one foot in front of the other, or to move a distance in this way:

  • [ I ] I walked home.

  • [ I ] We just walked past a famous actress.

  • [ I ] They walked all around Chinatown.

  • [ I ] I walk to work every morning.

  • [ T ] It’s not that far – you can walk it in half an hour.

  • [ T ] We must have walked miles today.

  • [ T ] He offered to walk her home.

• 6 to be unkind to someone and treat that person without respect:

  • You shouldn’t let him walk all over you like that.

• 7 to win something easily:

  • The German soccer team is once again favored to walk away with the championship.

• 8 to take something without asking:

  • Who walked off with my drink?

• 9 to leave an event before it is finished because you are not enjoying it or because you do not agree with it:

  • It was such a bad movie that I felt like walking out in the first fifteen minutes.

  • Airline pilots are threatening to walk out next week.

• 10 to suddenly end your relationship or involvement with someone or something:

  • You can't afford to walk out on your job.

• 11 to practice something, or to show someone how to do something from beginning to end:

  • They can walk you through the process one more time, to give you some practice and confidence.

• 12 an act of moving along by putting one foot in front of the other, or moving a distance in this, esp. for pleasure or exercise:

  • He went for/took a walk around the block.

• 13 to treat someone badly:

  • The unions accused management of walking all over their staff.

• 14 to stop working because you are angry or unhappy about something:

  • Autoworkers walked off the job after the unions failed to reach an agreement over pay.

• 15 to be forced to leave your job because of something bad you have done:

  • The expenses scandal gave several ministers no option but to walk the plank.

• 16 to do the things you have said you would do, especially when you reach a position of power:

  • Business groups are waiting to see if the incoming Governor will walk the talk on promises to boost the state's economy.

• 17 to do the things you have planned and promised to do:

  • The country has yet to see whether the new leader can walk the walk.

• 18 used to refer to the job you do or the part of society you belong to:

  • We employ people from all walks of life.