"walk the gangplank" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: walks the gangplank [present, singular, third-person], walking the gangplank [participle, present], walked the gangplank [participle, past], walked the gangplank [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk the gangplank (third-person singular simple present walks the gangplank, present participle walking the gangplank, simple past and past participle walked the gangplank)
  1. Synonym of walk the plank Synonyms: walk the plank [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-walk_the_gangplank-en-verb-QlhF0VOL
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.
    Sense id: en-walk_the_gangplank-en-verb-F253KwmF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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