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walk the chalk

idiom
Meaning

To keep a correct course in manners or morals.


Examples
SIMPLE

You must walk the chalk if you want to keep this job.

CONTEXTUAL

The new manager expects everyone to walk the chalk, so do not arrive late or break any office rules.

COMPLEX

Despite the immense pressure to cut corners for profit, the director insisted that every employee walk the chalk to maintain the company's reputation for integrity.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    ball and Chalk

    [Cockney slang]walk

  2. 02

    cake walk

    Something extremely easy.

  3. 03

    chalk and cheese

    Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike.

  4. 04

    chalk off

    To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

  5. 05

    chalk something up to experience

    To take a lesson from a bad outcome instead of grieving it.

  6. 06

    chalk up to

    To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.

  7. 07

    cock of the walk

    A proud or conceited person.

  8. 08

    in a walk

    Easily; without difficulty.

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