walk over

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See also: walkover and walk-over

English

Etymology

In the sense of gaining an easy victory, refers to a horse going over a racecourse at a walk when there is no other entry.

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Verb

walk over (third-person singular simple present walks over, present participle walking over, simple past and past participle walked over)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to walk over.
    walk over the bridge
  2. (idiomatic) To gain an easy victory.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.

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