How to Use walk it in a Sentence

walk it

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  • When do the Padres plan to walk it, rather than talk it?
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Hartselle can walk it off with a run in the bottom half.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 19 May 2021
  • Wash it down with a Heineken or Carlsberg, then walk it off.
    — Claire Stern, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Last week against the Twins, with one out, runners on second and third, and a tie game in the ninth, Verdugo had a chance to walk it off by putting the ball in play.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • When Morgan scoffs at not wanting a $60 million podcast deal, Joanne has to walk it off.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The first person to walk it was a singer/songwriter, James Ian, dressed in a flashy suit with a howling wolf embroidered in beadwork on the back.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Then, walk it all off with a stroll through Petite Venise's Quai de Poissonniers, considered to be the most photogenic street in the city.
    — Elly Leavitt, House Beautiful, 21 Aug. 2023
  • On Friday against Life Waxahachie, Aubrey scored a run to extend the game in the seventh inning and proceeded to walk it off in the ninth inning.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
  • The entire Heat bench then walked to his side during that timeout, with Butler eventually rising and trying to walk it off.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Martin brought home the tying run in the seventh after a clutch RBI single, but Kline stayed tough, never giving the lead back and giving her teammates a chance to walk it off in the bottom of the inning.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • The premiere’s red carpet even got bumped up an hour early so that cast members could walk it and promote the film without interfering with a potential strike.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 July 2023
  • Bradish attempted to walk it off as Hyde and head athletic trainer Brian Ebel visited the mound, but he was quickly pulled after throwing one warmup pitch and limped off the field.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The arrangement allows the researchers to remove the brain and walk it quickly to their lab a block away, after which the family can proceed with a funeral or cremation.
    — Jennie Erin Smith, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Finding that line, let alone convincing a studio to walk it, can be enormously challenging.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The airline has hired advisers who might walk it through a bankruptcy process, and some creditors are under the belief that a bankruptcy may indeed be coming.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • In short: fact-checking is not enough—especially if Facebook is just going to walk it back whenever someone complains.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Alexis lightly nodded in affirmation, only to walk it back a few moments later.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 2 June 2023
  • Curry, who got entangled with Boston’s Marcus Smart, initially tried to walk it off during a timeout but eventually went back to the locker room.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022

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