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Meaning of walk on the wild side | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An occasion or incident involving adventurous, risky, or morally questionable behavior.

idiomatic

Examples

“[S]he is drawn inexorably into the shady, but dangerously exciting world of one of her patients, a compulsive gambler. Her walk on the wild side leads her to a low-life gambling den, The House of Games.”
“Thanks to the likes of James Bond, the trappings of spy-dom have long attracted jealous eyes and vivid imaginations of many who long for a walk on the wild side of espionage.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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