"take a walk" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a walk.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes a walk [present, singular, third-person], taking a walk [participle, present], took a walk [past], taken a walk [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a walk}} take a walk (third-person singular simple present takes a walk, present participle taking a walk, simple past took a walk, past participle taken a walk)
  1. To go for a walk.
    Sense id: en-take_a_walk-en-verb-pl7EMcDG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 41 35
  2. (idiomatic) To go away, get lost. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_a_walk-en-verb-4GZvEmLD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 41 35
  3. (dated) To leave; (by extension) to quit. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-take_a_walk-en-verb-XmwGJDit Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 41 35

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for take a walk meaning in English (2.4kB)

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