walk the dog

present singular third person walks the dog · participle present walking the dog · participle past walked the dog · past walked the dog

1. To take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.
2. idiomaticTo perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string.
3. idiomaticball gamesTo perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.
4. euphemisticTo go to the pub.
5. ball gamesTo 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