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walk it off

walk to feel better

To walk something off means to take a walk to ease minor discomfort, such as feeling too full after a meal or having a mild ache.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

I ate way too much at lunch.

Let's take a short walk and walk it off.

Play the conversation

That meal was so heavy that I need to walk it off.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I need to walk off it after that big meal.

Say: I need to walk it off after that big meal.

When the object is the pronoun "it," it must come between "walk" and "off."

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How it fits in a sentence.

walk it off; go for a walk and walk it off

Your turn: say it out loud

That meal was so heavy that I need to walk it off.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

walk it off

walk to feel better

“That meal was so heavy that I need to walk it off.”

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