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Definition of waltz verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waltz

verb
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they waltz
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
 
/wɔːls/,
 
/wɔːlts/
he / she / it waltzes
 
/ˈwɔːlsɪz/,
 
/ˈwɔːltsɪz/
 
/ˈwɔːlsɪz/,
 
/ˈwɔːltsɪz/
past simple waltzed
 
/wɔːlst/,
 
/wɔːltst/
 
/wɔːlst/,
 
/wɔːltst/
past participle waltzed
 
/wɔːlst/,
 
/wɔːltst/
 
/wɔːlst/,
 
/wɔːltst/
-ing form waltzing
 
/ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/,
 
/ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/
 
/ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/,
 
/ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to dance a waltz
    • (+ adv./prep.) I watched them waltzing across the floor.
    • waltz somebody + adv./prep. He waltzed her around the room.
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way
    • I don't like him waltzing into the house as if he owned it.
  3. [intransitive] waltz (through something) to complete or achieve something without any difficulty
    • The recruits have waltzed through their training.
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  4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from German Walzer, from walzen ‘revolve’.
See waltz in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
halfway
adverb
 
 
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