walk off

To go away on foot, sometimes leaving a person, task, or place suddenly.

• He walked off without saying goodbye.
• She walked off the stage when the audience started shouting.
• The builders walked off the job after a dispute over pay.

How to use it: walk off something (The workers walked off the site in protest.)

Similar words: leave, walk away, depart

Opposites: stay, return

Common phrases: walk off the job, walk off the stage, walk off angrily

To walk around to feel better after a small injury or a large meal.

• Let's walk off our lunch.
• He walked off the cramp and returned to the game.
• Can you walk off the stiffness in your legs?

How to use it: walk something off (My leg hurt, but I managed to walk it off.)

Common phrases: walk off a meal, walk off the pain, walk off a cramp

To measure a distance by walking along it, counting your steps or using a tape or rope.

• She walked off the distance.
• We walked off ten metres to mark the starting line.
• Can you walk off the length of the field?

How to use it: walk something off (He walked the distance off in twenty paces.)

Similar words: pace out, measure out

Common phrases: walk off a distance, walk off ten metres