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walk the dog

walk the dog verb: to take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.

walk the dog: to take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise
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Verb

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

  1. To take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.
  2. (idiomatic) To perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string.
  3. (idiomatic) To perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.
  4. (euphemistic) To go to the pub.
  5. To inbound the ball by rolling it on the ground in order to take time off the game clock (usually because one has a big lead) and/or delay the start of the 24-second shot clock (and so maximize the possession).
    • The tactic has recently exploded, and Paul, for one, appreciates his younger peers who walk the dog to waste the game clock -- and he gets a kick out of those who don't understand them.2023 January 25, ESPN

walk the dog meaning in Vietnamese

walk the dog in Vietnamese

take a dog for a walk
dắt chó đi dạo

Forms of walk the dog

third-person singular presentwalks the dog
present participlewalking the dog
past participlewalked the dog
pastwalked the dog

Questions about walk the dog

What does walk the dog mean?
Walk the dog means to take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.
What is walk the dog in Vietnamese?
Walk the dog in Vietnamese is dắt chó đi dạo. See Walk the dog meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is walk the dog?
Walk the dog is a verb.
What is the past tense of walk the dog?
The past tense of walk the dog is walked the dog.

Words near walk the dog in the dictionary

  1. walk the boards
  2. walk the cat back
  3. walk the chalk
  4. walk the chalk line
  5. walk the chalk mark
  6. walk the dog
  7. walk the floor
  8. walk the gangplank
  9. walk the hospitals
  10. walk the line
  11. walk the plank

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