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walk sth off

phrasal verb with walk
 
/wɔːk/
 
US  /wɑːk/ verb

Definition

to go for a walk in order to get rid of an illness, often a headache, or the feeling of having eaten too much: I'm going out to walk off this headache. Let's go to the park and walk off all that lunch.Removing and getting rid of thingsTaking things away from someone or somewhere
(Definition of walk sth off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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