"miswalk" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: miswalks [present, singular, third-person], miswalking [participle, present], miswalked [participle, past], miswalked [past]
Etymology: mis- + walk Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|walk}} mis- + walk Head templates: {{en-verb}} miswalk (third-person singular simple present miswalks, present participle miswalking, simple past and past participle miswalked)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To walk along the wrong path. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes, transitive
    Sense id: en-miswalk-en-verb-VRV8RvEY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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