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Discover LudwigThe phrase "walking orders" is not commonly used in written English and may not be widely understood
It can be used in contexts where someone is given instructions or directives to follow while in motion or during a task. Example: "The manager provided the walking orders for the team as they headed out to the site."
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Such is the tinderbox relationship between police and black teens, that law enforcers will and do issue "Manner of walking" orders to anyone whose gait offends them.
Fouling Dominic Oduro from behind at the edge of the six-yard box, acting captain Djimi Traoré received his walking orders, allowing Federico Higuaín to pull Columbus even on the hour.
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At first, the two packed the magnets themselves and walked orders to the post office.
The grylloblattids (order Grylloblattodea) and walking sticks (order Phasmida) are given ordinal rank also.
Many studies aim at identifying environmental correlates of walking in order to identify specific potential levers for tackling the medical burden of physical inactivity.
We are talking about texting and anything else -- biking, walking, talking, ordering, eating, drinking... Texting is not like chewing gum.
Information given could coincide immediately prior to a child's development milestone, such as standing or walking, in order for effective prevention to be realised.
That's not to say that every officer who walks in orders the N.Y.P.D. — a hot roast beef hero with melted Swiss — or every trash hauler orders the Sanitation — chicken cutlet with melted Swiss.
A few days after the book came out, Geithner publicly denied slow-walking any orders from Obama.
In modern European postal companies, 85% of mail is put in walk-order by machine for delivery to the individual home or business.
When Baby Grace was a month old, Canada's parents took Baby Grace out for a long walk, ordering me to take my first alone-time nap.
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