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walk-through
[wawk-throo]
noun
Theater, Television.
a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play.
a perfunctory performance of a script.
Television, Movies.a rehearsal without cameras.
a step-by-step demonstration of a procedure or process or a step-by-step explanation of it as a novice attempts it.
a pedestrian passageway or arcade through the ground floor of a building connecting one street or building with another.
adjective
designed to be walked through by an observer.
The zoo has a walk-through aviary where the birds are all around you.
activated by a person passing through.
a walk-through electronic scanner at the airport for detecting concealed weapons.
walk through
verb
(tr) to act or recite (a part) in a perfunctory manner, as at a first rehearsal
noun
a rehearsal of a part
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of walk-through1
Idioms and Phrases
Perform in a perfunctory fashion, as in She was just walking through her job, hoping to quit very soon . This idiom originally referred to practicing parts in a play at an early rehearsal. It was applied more broadly from the late 1800s. Also see go through the motions .
walk someone through . Instruct someone carefully, one step at a time, as in He was very helpful, walking me through all the steps in this complex computer program .
Example Sentences
The workouts suddenly got so popular that one random weekday, Minter was stunned to see so many players that they could have held a defensive walk-through.
Alice in Wonderland, for instance, was once envisioned as a walk-through attraction, to be placed across the way from an archery in Fantasyland.
“A systematic post-test walk-through confirmed all materials were cold and extinguished. ATF and the Los Angeles City Fire Department would like to thank the public for their cooperation during these operations,” Scott said.
The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
She said she never did a walk-through of the property nor did she give verbal or written consent — which the Coordinated Joint Information Center says are requirements before tree removal.
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