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walk tall

walk tall verb: synonym of stand tall.

Verb

walk tall (third-person singular simple present walks tall, present participle walking tall, simple past and past participle walked tall)

  1. Synonym of stand tall.
    • I presented the rationale and pholosophy in some detail face-to-face, gave him some books to read, answered his questions (which were intelligent, not hostile, and demonstrated considerable understanding of our position even before out ^([sic]) discussion), and "walked tall" rather than ducking the...1984 February 4, “Time On Boylove”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 4
    Synonyms:
    stand tall

Synonyms of walk tall

Forms of walk tall

third-person singular presentwalks tall
present participlewalking tall
past participlewalked tall
pastwalked tall

Questions about walk tall

What does walk tall mean?
Walk tall means synonym of stand tall.
What part of speech is walk tall?
Walk tall is a verb.
What is the past tense of walk tall?
The past tense of walk tall is walked tall.

Words near walk tall in the dictionary

  1. walk policies
  2. walk policy
  3. walk shorts
  4. walk softly and carry a big stick
  5. walk Spanish
  6. walk tall
  7. walk the beat
  8. walk the boards
  9. walk the cat back
  10. walk the chalk
  11. walk the chalk line

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