"walk the dog" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk the dog.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks the dog [present, singular, third-person], walking the dog [participle, present], walked the dog [participle, past], walked the dog [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk the dog (third-person singular simple present walks the dog, present participle walking the dog, simple past and past participle walked the dog)
  1. To take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise. Translations (take a dog for a walk): 遛狗 (liùgǒu) (Chinese), de hond uitlaten (Dutch), promenigi la hundon (Esperanto), sortir le chien (French), promener le chien (French), portare a spasso il cane (Italian), levar o cachorro para passear (Portuguese), passear com o cachorro (Portuguese), pasear al perro (Spanish), dắt chó đi dạo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-walk_the_dog-en-verb-kECrfI9q Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 16 28 27 28 Disambiguation of 'take a dog for a walk': 100 0 0 0
  2. (idiomatic, yo-yo) To perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-walk_the_dog-en-verb-qBfJJlaA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 44 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 33 36 29 Disambiguation of English predicates: 16 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 31 37 28
  3. (idiomatic, lacrosse) To perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Lacrosse
    Sense id: en-walk_the_dog-en-verb-NvbFpGqv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 44 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 33 36 29 Disambiguation of English predicates: 16 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 31 37 28 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lacrosse, lifestyle, sports
  4. (euphemistic) To go to the pub. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-walk_the_dog-en-verb-MpgYWEwP Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 44 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 33 36 29 Disambiguation of English predicates: 16 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 31 37 28

Inflected forms

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