13 English Phrasal Verbs With 'WALK'

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13 phrasal verbs with 'WALK'

Walk away from

1. Leave something you don't like
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: You can't just WALK AWAY FROM your problems.

Walk away with

1. Win easily
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WALKED AWAY WITH the first prize.

Walk back

1. Retract a statement of change comments
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: The president WALKED BACK her initial comments in the press conference.

Walk back from

1. Retract a statement
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They declined to WALK BACK FROM their comments despite the controversy.

Walk in on

1. Enter somewhere unexpectedly and see something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WALKED IN ON them planning to sack him.

Walk into

1. Get work without effort
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WALKED INTO a great job straight after university.
2. Be unaware of the presence of something and either enter it (a trap) or bump into it (an obstruction)
   (Inseparable | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
   
   » Example: You WALKED INTO that one [You became victim to a trap I set] or I WALKED INTO a door and broke my nose.

Walk off

1. Go for a walk to reduce the effects of an illness or bad feeling
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: I tried to WALK OFF my hangover.

Walk off with

1. Win easily
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WALKED OFF WITH the award.
2. Take something without permission or steal
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Someone WALKED OFF WITH my umbrella so I got soaked.

Walk on

1. Continue walking
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I saw the accident but just WALKED ON as I didn't want to have to give a statement.

Walk out

1. Leave work because of a dispute with the management
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The workers WALKED OUT because the felt that safety wasn't being handled correctly.
2. Leave a place angrily or because you are not satisfied
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The film was a bore so I WALKED OUT halfway through.

Walk out on

1. Leave somebody angrily
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WALKED OUT ON his wife last year.

Walk through

1. Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone
   (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
   
   » Example: He WALKED me THROUGH the procedures.

Walk up

1. Go to someone
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: A man WALKED UP and asked me the time.

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