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Idiom idiom

take a walk


To go away, get lost.

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


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.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    ball and Chalk

    [Cockney slang]walk

  2. 02

    be taken ill

    To become ill.

  3. 03

    cake walk

    Something extremely easy.

  4. 04

    cock of the walk

    A proud or conceited person.

  5. 05

    crawl before one walks

    To learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.

  6. 06

    cross to take up

    Alternative form of cross to bear.

  7. 07

    forget to take one's medication this morning

    To be annoyed or irritable, or to behave in an ill-mannered way, particularly in the morning.

  8. 08

    get taken in

    To be fooled; to fall for.

Last updated August 10, 2026