Walk Collocation

walk noun

1 trip on foot

adjective

brief , little , short

We took a brief ~ around the old quarter.

good , long , long-distance ( BrE ) , marathon ( BrE )

It's a good (= fairly long) ~ to the beach.

We went for a long ~ after breakfast.

He's done several long-distance ~s for charity.

three - minute , five minutes' , etc.

It's a five-minute ~ from the hotel to the restaurant.

We live just a few minutes' ~ from the station.

brisk

The doctor advised a brisk ~ every day.

easy , gentle ( esp. BrE ) , leisurely

strenuous

lovely , pleasant

two - mile , etc.

daily

after - dinner , afternoon , evening , etc.

solitary

She used to enjoy solitary ~s along the cliffs.

romantic

guided ( esp. BrE )

We went on a guided ~ of the city in the afternoon.

charity , sponsored

She's doing a 200-mile charity ~ to raise money for cancer research.

circular ( BrE )

coastal , country , forest , hill , lakeside , riverside , woodland ( all esp. BrE )

nature

space , tightrope

the anniversary of the first space ~

verb + walk

do , go for , go on , have , take

The book contains ~s you can do in half a day.

We'll go for a ~ before lunch.

We went on a ten-mile ~ along the coast.

take sb / sth for

She takes her dog for a ~ every evening.

continue , resume

walk + verb

take sb/sth

The ~ takes two hours.

The ~ takes you past a lot of interesting buildings.

preposition

on a/the   ~

He met her on one of his Sunday afternoon ~s.

within (a)   ~

All amenities are within an easy ~ of the hotel.

~   from , ~   to

phrases

a ~ around ( esp. BrE )

I had a little ~ around to calm my nerves.

2 style of walking

adjective

funny , silly

jaunty ( esp. BrE )

ungainly

fast

sedate , slow , stately

verb + walk

do , have

She did a silly ~ to amuse her friends.

He has an ungainly ~, fast with short steps.