walk around
To walk through or around a place; or to avoid a problem instead of solving it.
Meanings
To walk through or around an area, often to explore or look at things.
"We spent the afternoon walking around the old city, admiring the architecture."
To walk around a physical object or obstacle in order to avoid it.
"She walked around the puddle to keep her shoes dry."
To avoid confronting or addressing a difficult issue directly.
"Stop walking around the problem — just tell me what is actually wrong."
In the literal sense, used very commonly to describe movement around a place. The figurative sense ('walk around a problem') is less common and slightly more formal. Can also describe someone's manner of moving ('walking around in circles').
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