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walk off

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walk off
vb
1. (intr) to depart suddenly
2. (tr, adverb) to get rid of by walking to walk off an attack of depression
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology)
walk (a person) off his feet to make (someone) walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted
walk off with
a.  to steal
b.  to win, esp easily
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.walk offwalk off - take without permission; "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch"
steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
2.walk offwalk off - go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off"
walk away
go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
Translations
? walk off
vt sep pounds → ablaufen (inf); I’m going out to try and walk off this headache/hangover → ich gehe jetzt an die Luft, um meine Kopfschmerzen/meinen Kater loszuwerden; we walked off our lunch with a stroll in the park → nach dem Mittagessen haben wir einen Verdauungsspaziergang im Park gemacht
vi → weggehen; he walked off in the opposite direction → er ging in die andere Richtung davon


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Rose tried to walk off with her usual free tread, but the under-skirt got in her way, the over-skirt was so tight she could not take a long step, and her boots made it impossible to carry herself perfectly erect.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
He slept in a stable--generally on horseback--and so terrified a Newfoundland dog by his preternatural sagacity, that he has been known, by the mere superiority of his genius, to walk off unmolested with the dog's dinner, from before his face.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Of course we could not walk off the land into the ship; so they were obliged to put strong straps under our bodies, and then we were lifted off our legs in spite of our struggles, and were swung through the air over the water, to the deck of the great vessel.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
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