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13 English Phrasal Verbs With 'WALK'

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13 phrasal verbs with 'WALK'

Walk away from

  1. Leave something you don't like
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: You can't just WALK AWAY FROM your problems.

Walk away with

  1. Win easily
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: She WALKED AWAY WITH the first prize.

Walk back

  1. Retract a statement of change comments
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The president WALKED BACK her initial comments in the press conference.

Walk back from

  1. Retract a statement
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: They declined to WALK BACK FROM their comments despite the controversy.

Walk in on

  1. Enter somewhere unexpectedly and see something
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He WALKED IN ON them planning to sack him.

Walk into

  1. Get work without effort
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He WALKED INTO a great job straight after university.
  2. Be unaware of the presence of something and either enter it (a trap) or bump into it (an obstruction)
    (Inseparable | International English | Contributed By: )
    » Example: You WALKED INTO that one [You became victim to a trap I set] or I WALKED INTO a door and broke my nose.

Walk off

  1. Go for a walk to reduce the effects of an illness or bad feeling
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I tried to WALK OFF my hangover.

Walk off with

  1. Win easily
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He WALKED OFF WITH the award.
  2. Take something without permission or steal
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: Someone WALKED OFF WITH my umbrella so I got soaked.

Walk on

  1. Continue walking
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I saw the accident but just WALKED ON as I didn't want to have to give a statement.

Walk out

  1. Leave work because of a dispute with the management
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The workers WALKED OUT because the felt that safety wasn't being handled correctly.
  2. Leave a place angrily or because you are not satisfied
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The film was a bore so I WALKED OUT halfway through.

Walk out on

  1. Leave somebody angrily
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He WALKED OUT ON his wife last year.

Walk through

  1. Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: He WALKED me THROUGH the procedures.

Walk up

  1. Go to someone
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: A man WALKED UP and asked me the time.

Take our Exercise on 'WALK'

Quiz for Verb: 'To WALK'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

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'Walk off with' means...

'Walk away from' means...

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'Walk on' means...

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'Walk off with' means...

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