walk-through

noun

1
: a perfunctory performance of a play or acting part (as in an early stage of rehearsal)
2
: a television rehearsal without cameras

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Kennedy, who was spotted doing a walk-through at the home this week with his security detail's vehicles parked outside, will live in the same neighborhood as the woman whose mother sold Mar-a-Lago to Donald Trump in 1985. Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025 According to the prospective buyers in a post on Reddit this week, everything appeared to be in order until the final walk-through, which took place just before the scheduled closing. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 Officers found a shattered drive-thru window at Starbucks, 7788 Cicero Ave., but no one inside during an early morning March 8 walk-through, police said. Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 Catch up quick: The walk-through attraction opened in December at the mall after years of design and construction by a team of film set creators. Erin Alberty, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walk-through

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of walk-through was in 1940

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“Walk-through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-through. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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