Collocations for "walk"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "walk" in context.
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walk
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- walk [quickly, slowly, confidently]
- (let's) walk and talk
- walk with a [limp, swagger]
- walk in high heels
- [can't, learning to, starting to] walk
- walk or [run, bike, drive]
- (try to) run before you can walk
- [could, should, going to] walk
- would take [five minutes] to walk
- walk home after [work, school]
- walk to [work, school, the store]
- walk to [remember, honor]
- walk in [rows, lines]
- walk away from the [fight, disagreement]
- walk through the [woods, crowd, halls]
- walk around the [building, town]
- walk around the [barrier, car, building]
- walk around to the [side, back]
- walk around in [anticipation, fear]
- walk from one [place, side] to another
- walking on [water, the clouds]
- walk with me to
- walk the dog in the [morning, evening, park]
- walk into a [wall, pole]
- walking along the [beach, river]
- walking down the [road, street]
- walk [down, over] to the store for
- walk up to him and [say, ask]
- walk across the [lawn, field]
- walk out into the [rain, snow, cold, night]
- walk out on [her, a date]
- walked out of the [meeting, interview, room]
- walked away with [victory, the trophy, first prize]
- walked off with the [money, winnings, takings]
- walked off [angrily, hurriedly, disgustedly]
- walk off [the calories, lunch]
- walk the streets (at night)
- walk the line between [opinions, issues]
- walks the walk
- a [short, long, quick, brisk, stiff] walk
- is [within, just a, no more than] a [five-minute] walk (from)
- is just a short walk from [the station, here]
- has a [confident, nervous, funny, limp] walk
- a [woman's, model's] walk
- [marked, recommended, tourist, historical] walks
- [people, come] from all walks of life
- go (out) for a walk
- [take, go for] a walk to the [office, shops, station]
- [take] a walk [in, through] the [park, woods]
- [take] a walk around the [block, neighborhood, lake]
- [take] a walk before [breakfast, dinner, work]
- a walk along the [beach, shore]
- a walk in the [cold, sunshine, fall]
- [this, the mission, the assignment] will be a walk in the park
- the walk of shame
- walks the walk (but [can, does] he talk the talk?)
'walk' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ability
- able
- abreast
- afternoon
- aisle
- alone
- arm
- bare
- barefoot
- beach
- beam
- bedroom
- bloated
- brief
- brisk
- building
- camp
- cane
- closet
- cluster
- cock
- common
- crawl
- crutch
- cub
- dash
- dead
- dense
- distance
- dock
- dog
- done
- door
- edge
- eerie
- elevator
- escort
- extremely
- fag
- fame
- feeble
- ferry
- few
- fifteen
- flight
- freezer
- further
- game
- go
- guest