walk on
Keep walking and don't stop, or appear in a play/film with a tiny part where you don't speak.
Meanings
To continue walking without stopping.
"Despite the cold, they walked on until they reached the village."
To appear in a play, film, or TV show in a very small, non-speaking role.
"He got to walk on in a West End production when he was a drama student."
(American English, sports) To join a college sports team as a non-scholarship athlete by demonstrating skill at a tryout.
"He wasn't recruited, but he walked on and made the football team anyway."
The theatrical sense ('walk-on part' or 'walk-on role') is a fixed collocation in British and American English. 'Walk on' as a sports term refers to joining a college team without a scholarship (chiefly American English).
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