walk around


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Verb1.walk around - walk with no particular goalwalk around - walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
walk about, perambulate
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
2.walk around - walk around somethingwalk around - walk around something    
circumambulate
circle - travel around something; "circle the globe"
3.walk around - behave in a certain manner or have certain propertieswalk around - behave in a certain manner or have certain properties; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend"
deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
4.walk around - walk randomly; "We were walking around in the neighborhood to see whether we could find an open drugstore"
act - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
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These gentlemen seemed a trifle amused--and a trifle confused, too--but one of them said he would walk around the corner with me and show me the place.
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"Sir," said d'Avrigny to Villefort, so loud that all might hear, "poor Barrois has led too sedentary a life of late; accustomed formerly to ride on horseback, or in the carriage, to the four corners of Europe, the monotonous walk around that arm-chair has killed him -- his blood has thickened.
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She thought of Madame Ratignolle, but knew that her fair friend did not leave the house, except to take a languid walk around the block with her husband after nightfall.
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You'd see a muddy sow and a litter of pigs come lazying along the street and whollop herself right down in the way, where folks had to walk around her, and she'd stretch out and shut her eyes and wave her ears whilst the pigs was milking her, and look as happy as if she was on salary.
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"Of course I was delighted with this present," continued Miss Cuttenclip, "and at once set to work and made several paper dolls, which, as soon as they were cut out, began to walk around and talk to me.
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Perhaps he had just taken a little walk around the town!
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He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question.
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"I'm happy just to walk around and see the streets and the houses and watch the people.
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He explained that people now buy from the street for him because he can't walk around like a regular person again.
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THE Denbighshire Friends of ChildLine are organising their 2019 Charity Walk around the Great Orme in Llandudno and are looking for extra sponsored walkers and collectors for the day.
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The lovely circular walk around a lake features a natural obstacle course and there's a play area once you've completed the circuit.
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The same study showed that 62% of Filipinos said the statement "most people live in areas where it is dangerous to walk around at night" does not describe the Philippines well.
Filipinos likely to say there are opportunities to improve living standards in country poll

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