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streets nightly. 4 walk out. a leave, depart, desert; walk out
on: She just walked out and no one has seen her since. b
strike, go (out) on strike, protest, take industrial action,
Brit down tools: Negotiations reached an impasse, so the
employees walked out.
--n. 5 path, lane, pathway, pavement, footpath, promenade,
esplanade, boardwalk, Brit footway, US sidewalk: We strolled
along the pleasant walks that lead through the park. 6 gait,
step, carriage, bearing, stride: He had great fun imitating
Groucho Marx's slinky walk. 7 constitutional, stroll, amble;
slog, tramp, hike: Lettie likes to take a walk in the park
after dinner. We had a five-day walk through the jungle before
reaching civilization.
wall n. 1 screen, partition, divider, enclosure, separator,
bulkhead, barrier, obstruction, obstacle, impediment, block,
fence: Marcie built round herself a wall of resentment which no
one could penetrate. 2 barricade, fortification, protection,
bulwark, breastwork, embankment, rampart, palisade, stockade:
It was questionable whether the walls would withstand the
cannon-balls. 3 drive up the wall. drive crazy or insane or
mad, madden, exasperate, derange, try, irritate, infuriate,
enrage: The constant caterwauling from the next flat is driving
me up the wall. 4 go to the wall. fail, collapse, be ruined,
face ruin, go bankrupt, lose everything, Colloq go broke, go
under, fold (up), Slang go bust: Unicold went to the wall
because of increased costs and decreased sales.
--v. 5 Often, wall up or off. enclose, partition (off), close
(off), brick up, immure: A bricklayer was hired to wall up the
openings where the windows had been.
wallet n. purse, pocketbook, Brit notecase, US billfold: An anonymous
good Samaritan found my wallet and sent it to me intact, with
all the money in it.
wallow v. 1 roll or loll about or around, welter, writhe, tumble,
splash or plash: He enjoys watching the pigs wallowing in the
mud. 2 Usually, wallow in. luxuriate in, bask in, revel in,
glory in, indulge (oneself) in, give (oneself) up to, succumb
to, take to, appreciate, fancy, enjoy, like, love, savour, Slang
get a kick or a bang or a boot from or out of: Now that Gabriel