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Collocations for walk - noun

1. trip on foot

ADJECTIVE

brief, little, short
We took a brief walk around the old quarter.
good, long, long-distance (BrE), marathon (BrE)
It's a good (= fairly long) walk to the beach.
We went for a long walk after breakfast.
He's done several long-distance walks for charity.
three-minute, five minutes', etc.
It's a five-minute walk from the hotel to the restaurant.
We live just a few minutes' walk from the station.
brisk
The doctor advised a brisk walk every day.
easy, gentle (esp. BrE), leisurely
strenuous
lovely, pleasant
two-mile, etc.
daily
after-dinner, afternoon, evening, etc.
solitary
She used to enjoy solitary walks along the cliffs.
romantic
guided (esp. BrE)
We went on a guided walk of the city in the afternoon.
charity, sponsored
She's doing a 200-mile charity walk to raise money for cancer research.
circular (BrE)
coastal, country, forest, hill, lakeside, riverside, woodland (all esp. BrE)
nature
space, tightrope
the anniversary of the first space walk

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VERB + walk

do, go for, go on, have, take
The book contains walks you can do in half a day.
We'll go for a walk before lunch.
We went on a ten-mile walk along the coast.
take sb/sth for
She takes her dog for a walk every evening.
continue, resume

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walk + VERB

take sb/sth
The walk takes two hours.
The walk takes you past a lot of interesting buildings.

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PREPOSITION

on a/the walk
He met her on one of his Sunday afternoon walks.
within (a) walk
All amenities are within an easy walk of the hotel.
walk from, walk to

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PHRASES

a walk around (esp. BrE)
I had a little walk around to calm my nerves.

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2. style of walking

ADJECTIVE

funny, silly
jaunty (esp. BrE)
ungainly
fast
sedate, slow, stately

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VERB + walk

do, have
She did a silly walk to amuse her friends.
He has an ungainly walk, fast with short steps.

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Collocations for walk - verb

ADVERB

briskly, fast, quickly, swiftly
slowly
calmly, quietly
I got up and walked calmly out into the early evening.
cautiously
barefoot
She had no sandals and walked barefoot.
upright
humans' ability to walk upright
arm in arm, hand in hand
The couple walked hand in hand along the beach.
with a limp
unaided
Due to his illness, he can no longer walk unaided.
with a cane (esp. AmE), with a stick (esp. BrE)
home
He walked home from school.
downstairs, upstairs
offstage, onstage
When she walked onstage, the audience started screaming.
ahead, around, away, back, backwards/backward, forward, in, off, on, out, together
Jake was walking some way ahead.

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PREPOSITION

along, down, into, out of, to, towards/toward, up, etc.
She walked up the drive towards/toward the door.

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PHRASES

go walking (esp. BrE)
We went walking by the waterfront.

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Walk is used with these nouns as the subject:
baby, dog, footstep, ghost, horse

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Walk is used with these nouns as the object:
batter, beat, bike, corridor, distance, dog, earth, floor, ground, length, mile, pace, path, perimeter, precinct, road, room, sidewalk, street, trail, way

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