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hand-walk

American  
[hand-wawk] / ˈhændˈwɔk /

verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to carry (a memorandum, check, or other document) from one person or office to another so as to assure prompt delivery.


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Publicly, he called the agency an “unaccountable independent institution” where secrets leak so quickly “we have to hand-walk memos around like we’re in the ’40s.”

From Salon Dec. 16, 2025

Joe spent the next several weeks trying to hand-walk Lovely, twice or even three times a day.

From Washington Post Nov. 29, 2018

So then I had to go back and meet 'em halfway with the Parliament situation, the horns and things, and then hand-walk 'em up to where Funkadelic is at.

From The Guardian Jun. 26, 2012

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