Get to first base
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verb
- To move along on foot advance by steps
- To come or go easily or readily
- To go at a walk
- To go on foot for exercise or pleasure
- To advance to first base by taking four pitches that are balls see ball to go to first base as a result of a base on balls
- To avoid criminal prosecution or conviction
"walked on a technicality"
- Walk out
"walked over problems with management"
- To pursue a course of action or way of life conduct oneself behave
"walk warily"
- To be or act in association continue in union
"the British and American peoples will … walk together side by side … in peace"
- To move about in space outside a spacecraft
- To move in a manner that is suggestive of walking
- To stand with an appearance suggestive of strides
"pylons walking across the valley"
- To move about in visible form appear
- To make headway
- Roam, wander
- To cause (an animal) to go at a walk take for a walk
"walking a dog"
- To accompany on foot walk with
"walked her home"
- To compel to walk (as by a command)
- To bring to a specified condition by walking
"walked us off our feet"
- To follow on foot for the purpose of measuring, surveying, or inspecting
"walk a boundary"
- To move (an object) in a manner suggestive of walking
- To pass on foot or as if on foot through, along, over, or upon traverse, perambulate
"walk the streets"
- To perform or accomplish by going on foot
"walk guard"
- To cause (a batter) to advance to first base by pitching four balls to give a base on balls to
- To perform (a dance) at a walking pace
"walk a quadrille"
noun
- An act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure
"go for a walk"
- Space walk
- A public avenue for promenading promenade
- A railed platform above the roof of a dwelling house
- Ropewalk
- Distance to be walked
"a quarter mile walk from here"
- An accustomed place of walking} {sx
- A place or area of land in which animals feed and exercise with minimal restraint
- An advance to first base awarded to a baseball player who during a turn at bat takes four pitches that are balls see ball base on balls
- Characteristic manner of walking
"his walk is just like his father's"
- A ceremonial procession
- A low rate of speed
"the shortage of raw materials slowed production to a walk"
- The gait of a biped in which the feet are lifted alternately with one foot not clear of the ground before the other touches
- The gait of a quadruped in which there are always at least two feet on the ground
- A route regularly traversed by a person in the performance of a particular activity (such as patrolling, begging, or vending)
- Social or economic status
"all walks of life"
- Manner of living conduct, behavior
- An easy victory
"won in a walk"
- an act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure
- space walk
- a place designed for walking:
verb
- To retreat from or distance oneself from (a previously stated opinion or position)
"… try not to say anything in the primary campaign that you might need to walk back in the general election."
adjective
- Large enough to be walked into
"a walk-in closet"
- Arranged so as to be entered directly rather than through a lobby
"a walk-in apartment"
- Being a person who walks in without an appointment
"a walk-in blood donor"
- Of, relating to, or intended for such persons
"a walk-in clinic"
noun
- A walk-in refrigerator or cold storage room
- An easy election victory
- A person who walks in without an appointment
adjective
- Ending a baseball game immediately by causing the winning run to score for the home team in the bottom of the last inning
"a walk-off homer"
noun
- A minor part (as in a dramatic production)
- A college athlete who tries out for an athletic team without having been recruited or offered a scholarship
verb
- To leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval
- To go on strike
idiomatic phrase
- To walk in a city
"People don't feel safe walking the streets at night."
- To find customers as a sex worker by walking around in the streets
"… the girl said she was being held against her will in a hotel room and forced “to walk the streets and perform sex acts for money,” investigators said in court records."
noun
- A perfunctory performance of a play or acting part (as in an early stage of rehearsal)
- A television rehearsal without cameras
This clue was used on February 26, 2025.
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