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walk the gangplank en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of walk the plank.
    • Then he made Lumpy Lawson the Ship's Cook, Bald Ben his First Mate, and told the twins he would make them walk the gangplank. 2009, Jeremy Strong, The Indoor Pirates:
    • All passengers without permission to sail must walk the gangplank. 2012, Rosalyn Rikel Ramage, The Graveyard, page 88:
    • I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career. 2001, Richard Haddock, The Ninth Sabbat:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.
    • We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm. 2008, Kaiser Kuo, The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walked the gangplank Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walked the gangplank Tense=Past lexicographic
walks the gangplank Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walking the gangplank Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

walk the plank