walk around
- noun
- On sunny afternoons, I enjoy a walk around the park to relax and clear my mind.
- take a walk around
- go for a walk around
- enjoy a walk around
The specific moment up from that trip is our walk around the the Washington Mall.
- The specific moment up from that trip is our walk around the the Washington Mall.
- He also got a toy yesterday, so I was playing with him a bit and we did some walk around the park working on some speed and stuff.
- Taylor comes back, they go for a walk around the book and my daughter says, daddy, what, what did you tell him?
Examples
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You and me are taking a little walk around the wood.
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I was thinking about taking a walk around the pool.
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Could I just have a little walk around the garden?
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I can take a walk around the block.
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Then perhaps we'll have a walk around the square.
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My father suggested we take a walk around town.
Fiction book (2000) -
Just going for a little walk around the garden, mum?
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After dinner, we went for a walk around the playground at the park.
Fiction book (1997) -
The next morning, we took a little walk around the grounds, had some breakfast, and headed south.
Blog text (9) -
Daniel, Stevie, and I went out for our own walk around the reservoir.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Move around without a fixed direction, often slowly and in curves
Move around without a fixed place, often while looking for something
To walk slowly and enjoy it
To walk slowly and enjoy the fresh air
To walk for pleasure or exercise
To walk around a town or city without a clear purpose
Move around slowly in a place without any clear purpose, often in a group
To move around a place on your feet without a clear purpose
To walk around without a clear plan, often slowly and without much energy
To walk slowly for pleasure along a street or riverside
To walk around without a clear purpose
To walk slowly through a place without a clear purpose
To travel without a set plan to explore and think
To walk around without a clear destination for pleasure
To walk slowly without a clear purpose
To travel slowly without a clear plan
Walk around slowly without a plan
Antonyms
How Leisurely
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a leisurely or casual stroll' is directly derivable from combining 'walk' (to move on foot) with 'around' (in the vicinity/without a fixed destination); the particle 'around' signals movement in a general area rather than toward a goal. This compositional pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Walk around comes from the everyday picture of taking a short, relaxed stroll, for example a calm walk around the park after lunch. So, it means 'a leisurely or casual stroll'.