walk somewhere

  • 41dawdle — daw|dle [ˈdo:dl US ˈdo: ] v to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere ▪ Don t dawdle we re late already! dawdle over ▪ I dawdled over a second cup of coffee. >dawdler[i] n …

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  • 42frogmarch — frog|march [ˈfrɔgma:tʃ US ˈfra:gma:rtʃ, ˈfro:g ] v [T always + adverb/preposition] BrE to force someone to walk somewhere by holding their arms very tightly by their side or behind their back …

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  • 43meander — me|an|der [miˈændə US ər] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: maeander, from [i]Greek, from Maiandros (now Menderes), river in Turkey] 1.) if a river, stream, road etc meanders, it has a lot of bends rather than going in a straight line meander… …

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  • 44mosey — mo|sey [ˈməuzi US ˈmou ] v [I always + adverb/preposition] AmE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from Spanish vamos let s go ] 1.) to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way used humorously ▪ I guess I ll mosey on down to the store now. 2.) …

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  • 45stroll — [strəul US stroul] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from [i]German dialect strollen] to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way stroll down/over/along ▪ We were strolling along, laughing and joking. >stroll n ▪ They went for a stroll in the… …

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  • 46toddle — tod|dle [ˈtɔdl US ˈta:dl] v 1.) if a small child toddles, it walks with short, unsteady steps 2.) [always + adverb/preposition] [i]especially BrE to walk somewhere, especially in a slow and relaxed way ▪ Every afternoon, Marge would toddle down… …

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  • 47traipse — [treıps] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French trepasser; TRESPASS1] informal to walk somewhere in a slow or unwilling way because you are tired or bored traipse around/through/across etc ▪ I ve been… …

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  • 48turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …

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  • 49waltz — waltz1 [wo:ls US wo:lts] n [Date: 1700 1800; : German; Origin: walzer, from walzen to roll, dance ] 1.) a fairly slow dance with a regular pattern of three beats 2.) a piece of music intended for this type of dance ▪ a Strauss waltz waltz 2… …

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  • 50after — af|ter [ æftər ] function word *** After is used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I went for a swim after breakfast. as an adverb (without a following noun): He died on June 3rd and was buried the day after. as a… …

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