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Meaning of go walkabout | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
Australia, UK, colloquial
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, walkabout.

Examples

“The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout.”

“You could almost hear him shout 'Geronimo'. It was bound to end in tears. Sure enough when his owner had let him go walkabout on the kitchen table he had taken his chance, raced for the edge, and made his own giant leap for hamsterkind.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

go walkies go walking go way back go west go whacks go whistle