- (British English) an occasion when an important person walks among ordinary people to meet and talk to them
- The prince met local people during a walkabout in Glasgow’s George Square.
- (Australian English) a traditional journey (originally on foot) in Australian Aboriginal culture, made as part of the process of becoming an adult
Idioms
go walkabout
- (informal) to be lost or not where it/you should be
- My rucksack seems to have gone walkabout.
- (in Australian Aboriginal culture) to go into the country away from cities and towns as part of the traditional process of becoming an adult
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