walk off

See also: walkoff and walk-off

English

Verb

walk off (third-person singular simple present walks off, present participle walking off, simple past and past participle walked off)

  1. (transitive) To recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around.
    It doesn't feel too bad. Let me walk it off.
    • 2025, “Kubrick Stare”, performed by Stray From The Path:
      Whoa, they shot a guy? Just walk it off / Another genocide? Man, just walk it off / No, this cant be right (nah, nah, nah), just walk it off
  2. (transitive) To measure a distance by walking, as by counting paces or extending a measuring tape or rope.
  3. (intransitive) To flee or abandon.

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