walk the dog

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

1. To take a dog for a walk, so as to give it exercise.
2. (idiomatic, yo-yo) To perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string.
3. (idiomatic, lacrosse) To perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.
4. (euphemistic) To go to the pub.