walk the dog
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˌwɔk ðə ˈdɔɡ/ · UK /ˌwɔːk ðə ˈdɒɡ/
walk the dog means: To take a dog outside for exercise, usually walking with it.
verb
To take a dog outside for exercise, usually walking with it.
- I walk the dog every morning.
- She walked the dog in the park after work.
- Have you walked the dog yet?
To do a trick in which a spinning yoyo rolls along the ground while attached to its string.
- I can walk the dog with my yoyo.
- She walked the dog across the wooden floor.
- Can you walk the dog without stopping the yoyo?
To roll the ball down a lacrosse stick and catch it in the net at the end.
- The lacrosse player can walk the dog.
- She walked the dog before throwing the ball to her teammate.
- Can you walk the dog with that lacrosse stick?
To roll a basketball onto the court to use game time or delay the start of the shot clock.
- The guard decided to walk the dog.
- They walked the dog to use up seconds while protecting their lead.
- Why did he walk the dog instead of picking up the ball immediately?
Questions about walk the dog
What does walk the dog mean?
To take a dog outside for exercise, usually walking with it.
What is walk the dog in other languages?
Türkçe: köpeği gezdirmek · Español: pasear al perro · Français: promener le chien · Deutsch: den Hund ausführen · Italiano: portare a spasso il cane · 日本語: 犬を散歩させる
How do you pronounce walk the dog?
In American English /ˌwɔk ðə ˈdɔɡ/; in British English /ˌwɔːk ðə ˈdɒɡ/.
How do you use walk the dog in a sentence?
I walk the dog every morning. She walked the dog in the park after work.
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