walk over

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.

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

first sense: to physically walk over

• German: hinüberlaufen (de), hinübergehen (de)

to treat someone as inferior

• German: herumschikanieren, herumtrampeln
• Italian: mettere i piedi in testa

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