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Idiom

go walking

Meaning

to disappear; to go missing

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“My favorite pen went walking, and I cannot find it anywhere.”

“I left my umbrella by the door, but it went walking while I was inside.”

“Despite the strict security measures, several valuable artifacts went walking from the gallery during the night.”

Examples

simple

“My favorite pen went walking, and I cannot find it anywhere.”

contextual

“I left my umbrella by the door, but it went walking while I was inside.”

complex

“Despite the strict security measures, several valuable artifacts went walking from the gallery during the night.”

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