walk off

s'en aller, partir

Partir à pied, parfois en quittant brusquement une personne, une tâche ou un lieu.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : walk off something (The workers walked off the site in protest.)

Synonymes : leave, walk away, depart

Contraires : stay, return

Expressions courantes : walk off the job, walk off the stage, walk off angrily

faire passer en marchant, digérer en marchant

Marcher pour soulager une petite blessure ou mieux digérer un repas copieux.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : walk something off (My leg hurt, but I managed to walk it off.)

Expressions courantes : walk off a meal, walk off the pain, walk off a cramp

mesurer à pas

Mesurer une distance en la parcourant à pied, en comptant ses pas ou avec un ruban ou une corde.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : walk something off (He walked the distance off in twenty paces.)

Synonymes : pace out, measure out

Expressions courantes : walk off a distance, walk off ten metres