stroll

a stroll in the park

A task or activity that is easy or effortless to accomplish. I've been running marathons for years now, so this 5K run will be a stroll in the park for me. It's clear that the role is a stroll in the park for the veteran actor. If you think that test was a stroll in the park, then you better have gotten an A!

See also: park, stroll

arm in arm

1. Of two people, having linked arms, typically at the elbows, as a romantic gesture or one of friendship. Dana and her new boyfriend were arm in arm as they walked toward us. My daughter and her best friend are always walking around arm in arm. We were walking arm in arm because Sophie was telling me something she didn't want anyone else to overhear.

2. Closely involved with or allied to someone or something. The government has been working arm in arm with neighboring countries to tackle the recent food supply crisis. I suspect the governor is arm in arm with the organized crime syndicate. We're working arm in arm with the legal department on this audit of new hire paperwork.

See also: arm

be a stroll in the park

To be easy or effortless to accomplish. I've been running marathons for years now, so this 5K run will be a stroll in the park for me. It's clear that the role is a stroll in the park for the veteran actor. If you think that test was a stroll in the park, then you better have gotten an A!

See also: park, stroll

stroll around

To walk slowly and leisurely around (some place). I had the afternoon to kill while I was in Dublin, so I just spent a few hours strolling around and enjoying the sights. Feel free to stroll around the campus after our tour is over.

See also: around, stroll

stroll down memory lane

1. verb To reminisce over memories of past events, especially happy ones. My grandmother spends more time strolling down memory lane these days than talking about the present. Sarah: "How did your coffee date with John go?" Amy: "It was pretty amicable, actually. We strolled down memory lane for a while, and then we went our separate ways."

2. noun A reminiscence of such memories. A: "How was it meeting up with your old college roommate?" B: "Great, actually! Chatting with her was a fun stroll down memory lane." My grandmother loves opening up the photo album and taking strolls down memory lane.

See also: down, lane, memory, stroll

stroll through (some place)

To walk slowly and leisurely through some place. I always set aside 30 minutes to stroll through the park beside the office after lunch. The CEO strolled through the new office, making sure everything was in order.

See also: stroll, through

take a stroll down memory lane

To reminisce, especially about happy memories. Every so often I like to dig out my photo albums from college and take a stroll down memory lane.

See also: down, lane, memory, stroll, take

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*arm in arm

Fig. [of persons] linked or hooked together by the arms. (*Typically: go ~; Stroll ~; walk ~.) The two lovers walked arm in arm down the street. They skated arm in arm around the rink.

See also: arm

stroll around

to walk around casually. I think I will stroll around a bit this evening. Would you like to stroll around a little and see the sights?

See also: around, stroll

stroll through something

to walk casually through something or some place. Would you like to stroll through the park with me? Let's stroll through a few shops and see what the prices are like here.

See also: stroll, through

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

arm in arm

With one person's arm linked around another's; also, closely allied or intimate, as in Both couples walked arm in arm around the grounds of the estate, and This candidate is arm in arm with the party's liberal wing. The literal expression dates from the late 1300s, when Chaucer so used it: "They went arm in arm together into the garden" ( Troilus and Cressida). The figurative usage dates from about 1600. Also see hand in hand.

See also: arm

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

arm in arm

With arms linked together: They walked across the beach arm in arm.

See also: arm

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.