单词 | to go walkies |
释义 | > as lemmasto go walkies 2. to go walkies. extracted from walkiesn. a. In childish language: to go for a walk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > on foot [phrase] > for exercise or recreation to go walkies1937 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise dog to go walkies1962 1937 G. Frankau Dangerous Yrs. lvi. 402 They were on the embankment by then. Nan stopped the perambulator. Its occupant lisped, ‘Can I go walkies, mummy?’ 1960 B. M. Charleston Stud. Emotional & Affective Means of Expression Mod. Eng. v. 179 Did he want to go walkies, then? 1962 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 11 Aug. 20/1 [A] well-groomed dog called Sternroc Sticky Wicket yesterday went walkies with his mistress. 1976 M. Lovell Your Growing Child i. 9 Mister sun's come out, Tommy! Want to go walkies? Hold handy-pandy and go walkies. 2003 S. Hartmann-Kent Your Dog & Your Baby (ed. 5) 108 Most dogs get very excited when it's time to go walkies. They think that they're going hunting. b. figurative. Chiefly of a thing: to disappear, go missing. Cf. walk v. 13a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > be lost [verb (intransitive)] > be missing or mislaid to be out of the way1580 to fall by1640 to go missing1845 to go (on) walkabout(s)1944 to go walkies1971 1971 S. Raven Sound Retreat 39 Mortleman, A. He's the one that's gone walkies... If he's not on the train tonight they'll have him for desertion. 1979 T. Barling Olympic Sleeper x. 118 That's one stray piece of information... It's gone walkies some-damned-where. 1994 Times 27 Aug. (Mag. section) 24/4 The other thing that happens to [traffic] cones..is that they go walkies... An even more popular target for thieves has been the temporary traffic signs. 2006 V. Scott in C. Jones & G. Jolliffe Guerilla Film Makers Handbk. (new ed.) vi. 320 Keep a close eye on tools, they are expensive and have a tendency to go walkies. < as lemmas |
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