walk over
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See walk all over .
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Defeat easily, as in We walked over them in that practice game but don't know how we'll do in the real thing . [Second half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
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An interactive map and film take visitors through the battle, telling us that it was an “important loss” for the Americans, proving that the British couldn’t just walk over us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Frankie was staying at Megan's home in Hyde when during a walk over the playing fields the Cavapoo bolted at the sudden bang of a nearby firework.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
Back when Masum Momaya was a curator at the Smithsonian, she would occasionally leave her office and take the short walk over to the National Museum of Asian Art for a quick break.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 2025
“If this location doesn’t have something I want, I walk over to the other location and get it,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
I walk over the rubble to where Rostam is hiding under an outcrop of the rock wall.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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