walk off

verb

To recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around.

“It doesn't feel too bad. Let me walk it off.”

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Meanings

verbwalk off (third-person singular simple present walks off, present participle walking off, simple past and past participle walked off)

present singular third person walks off · participle present walking off · participle past walked off · past walked off

  1. transitiveTo recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around.

    It doesn't feel too bad. Let me walk it off.

    1 more example

    Whoa, they shot a guy? Just walk it off / Another genocide? Man, just walk it off / No, this cant be right (nah, nah, nah), just walk it off

    2025, “Kubrick Stare”, performed by Stray From The Path
  2. transitiveTo measure a distance by walking, as by counting paces or extending a measuring tape or rope.
  3. intransitiveTo flee or abandon.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbgo away from

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish bajar la comida
  • bajar la comidato digest (a large meal)
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