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take a walk

Idioms  
  1. Leave abruptly, walk out. For example, If she's rude again I'm just going to take a walk, or The director would not put up with tantrums and ordered the young actress to take a walk. [Colloquial; late 1800s] Also see take a hike.


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Edenwald’s aging residents had long treated Goucher as an extension of their own campus—a place to take a walk or enjoy a cup of coffee in the student cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

"I can take a walk through my past, as I wish. It's like projecting a film."

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

“Allowing myself to go outside and read in the hammock in the middle of the day or take a walk — it felt indulgent,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Afterward, anyone could take a walk to the beach and surf.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

The night Uncle Katsuhisa arrived in Iowa, he left the dinner table early so he could go out and take a walk and maybe talk to himself.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

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