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Idiom

take a walk

Meaning

To go away, get lost.

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

Examples

“He told the annoying man to take a walk.”

“When the salesperson refused to leave, I told him to take a walk.”

“After the intruder continued to disrupt the private meeting, the host firmly demanded that he take a walk.”

Examples

simple

“He told the annoying man to take a walk.”

contextual

“When the salesperson refused to leave, I told him to take a walk.”

complex

“After the intruder continued to disrupt the private meeting, the host firmly demanded that he take a walk.”

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