walkabout
noun /ˈwɔːkəbaʊt/
/ˈwɔːkəbaʊt/
Idioms - (British English) an occasion when an important person walks among ordinary people to meet and talk to them
- The prince met local people during a walkabout in Glasgow’s George Square.
- (Australian English) a journey (originally on foot) that is made by an Australian Aboriginal in order to live in the traditional manner
Idioms
go walkabout
- (informal) to be lost or not where it/you should be
- My rucksack seems to have gone walkabout.
- (of an Australian Aboriginal) to go into the country away from cities and towns in order to live in the traditional manner