The word ‘walk‘ can mean many different things. As a verb, the meaning is to lift and place one foot in front of the other at a regular pace or to escort someone on foot.
For example:
- We spent 5 hours walking along the beach. (one foot in front of the other)
- The bouncers walked the intoxicated man to a waiting taxi. (escort)
Walk is a regular verb. The past tense and past participle is walked.
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phrasal verbs with walk
Phrasal verbs with ‘walk’ include:
- walk away (from)
meaning – leave
example – I walked away from the gang of violent youths in case they attacked me. - walk away/off with
meaning – win or steal
example – The robbers walked off with £6,000,000 worth of jewellery. - walk in on
meaning – accidentally interrupt other people
example – My biggest fear is walking in on my colleagues slagging me off. - walk into
meaning – be fooled by something or bump your body into an object or easily get a job
example – I left £10 on my desk and Courtney took it. She walked right into my trap. - walk off
meaning – exercise after overeating/injury etc. or leave
example – Kathy walked off when I mentioned my missing red shoes. I know she has them. - walk on
meaning – continue walking or walk on a surface
example – Tara shouted my name, but I just walked on. I hate her. - walk out
meaning – leave because you are angry/unhappy/bored etc.
example – Then guy next door has walked out and left his wife with their young triplets. - walk through
meaning – explain in detail all the steps of a process
example – I’ve walked Tom through the lock up process again. He’ll be fine while I’m away. - walk up to
meaning – approach someone/something
example – I slowly walked up to the baby goat but, it ran away.
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Let’s learn the meaning of the phrasal verbs that contain the verb ‘walk’ in more detail and see some examples in use.
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