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back intoTo back up or walk backwards and hit something.Rate it:

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bread-and-butterA saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a treeRate it:

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bring up the rearTo be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cock of the walkA proud or conceited person.Rate it:

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cock of the walkW:The Pogues - w:The Irish Rover.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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crawl before you walkTo learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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easy as pieVery easy. See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; easy peasy; easy-peasy lemon squeezy; as easy as falling off a logRate it:

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easy peasy (lemon squeezy)a rhyming expression for saying something is very easy, straight forward; also written easy-peasy; See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; as easy as falling off a log; easy as pieRate it:

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eat the windTo take a walk.Rate it:

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faire huit kilomètres à pied, à cheval, en voitureTo walk, ride, drive, five miles.Rate it:

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faire marcherto make someone walkRate it:

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fall forTo be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick.Rate it:

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fasces praeferre, summittereto walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces.Rate it:

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high wiretightropeRate it:

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hoof itTo walk, especially when as a result of regular transportation being unavailable.Rate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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il est le coq du villageHe is the cock of the walk.Rate it:

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in a walkEasily; without difficulty.Rate it:

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marche ou crèvemove/walk or expireRate it:

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marcher à quatre pattesto walk on four legsRate it:

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marcher à reculonsTo walk backwards.Rate it:

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marcher de frontTo walk abreast.Rate it:

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marchez au pasDrive slowly; Walk in step.Rate it:

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perp walkThe intentional public display before news cameras of someone in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the authorities' effectiveness, or shaming the person.Rate it:

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pigeon-toedTo stand, walk, or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot face toward each other and the knees also turn inward toward each other--like a pigeon's toes.Rate it:

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pitch aroundTo intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk himRate it:

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pootle alongTo walk, ride, drive etc. leisurelyRate it:

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pound a beatTo walk a regular route.Rate it:

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pound the pavementTo travel on foot; to walk or run.Rate it:

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put one foot in front of the otherTo walk, decomposed to stress the fundamentality of the task.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.Rate it:

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run upOf a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.Rate it:

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sea legsThe ability, when walking aboard ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.Rate it:

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shanks' mareOne's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride on shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.Rate it:

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shanks' nagTransportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo punish, to chastise.Rate it:

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step asideto walk to a little distance; retire for the occasionRate it:

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stretch one's legsTo walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down.Rate it:

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take a long walk off a short pierUsed to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.Rate it:

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take a turnTo walk around; to stroll.Rate it:

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take a walk in the snowSee walk in the snow.Rate it:

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thieve outTo walk out of a place stealthily.Rate it:

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valley of the shadow of deathValleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience.Rate it:

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