take a walk

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take a walk (third-person singular simple present takes a walk, present participle taking a walk, simple past took a walk, past participle taken a walk)

1. To go for a walk.
2. (idiomatic) To go away, get lost.
   • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):

     I'm gonna smash you in the fuckin’ face if you don't take a walk! Mind your fuckin’ business!

3. (dated) To leave; (by extension) to quit.

   Hear the sound of that? It's the sound of me taking a walk.