to walk through
18
4.0
- phrasal verb
- /wɔk θru/
- Informal
:
repasar
- So first, let me walk you through what we're planning to do.
And I'm going to walk you through my makeup routine.
- And I'm going to walk you through my makeup routine.
- And what's the feeling and, and, and kind of walk us through what that's like.
- And I just want to walk you through this whole China thing.
- Like, you know, walk me through that decision tree.
- But in the book I walk through three really specific ways.
- So could you just walk us through that bullet?
- But I want to kind of walk us through how that happened.
- Can you quickly walk me through what the progression has been?
- But, you know, walk me through how that kind of worked.
Examples
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All right, John, can you walk me through the overview of your job?
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Dispatch is walking us through proper CPR.
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How do you begin walking people through a process of change?
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Like, you know, walk me through that decision tree.
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So let me, let me walk you through the difference here.
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Could you walk us through how you might do that with someone?
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And I just want to walk you through this whole China thing.
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So let me just walk you through that that logic again.
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So then let's walk you through how we built our setup.
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First, I'll walk through the steps we need to follow for the project.
Antonyms
How Thorough
86
3.4
131
3.5
25
3.4
- Informal
18
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'walk' (to move) and 'through' (from start to finish) transparently suggest moving step-by-step through something, but the MWE's procedural/rehearsal sense is a metaphorical extension of physical motion. A B1 learner who knows both words can infer a general 'go through/review' meaning, yet the specific nuance of a casual or first rehearsal is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Walk through comes from the simple image of literally walking through a scene or a list of steps, moving slowly from one part to the next to check for problems. So, when people say walk through today, they mean 'to rehearse' or 'to practice' something in an easy, informal way before the real event.