walk on

To continue moving forward on foot.

• We walked on towards the village.
• She stopped to rest, then walked on.
• Shall we walk on a little farther before lunch?

Similar words: continue walking, keep walking

Opposites: stop

Common phrases: walk on ahead, walk on together

To enter a stage during a performance.

• The actor walked on and waved.
• She walks on just after my first line.
• Wait for your cue before you walk on.

How to use it: walk on after something (You walk on after the bell rings.)

Similar words: enter, come onstage

Opposites: exit

Common phrases: walk on after something, walk on slowly

To join a college sports team without having been specially chosen or offered a sports scholarship.

• He walked on to the football team.
• She walked on at college without a sports scholarship.
• Could I walk on if the coach did not recruit me?

How to use it: walk on to a team (She walked on to the basketball team in her first year.); walk on at a college (He walked on at a small college in Texas.)

Similar words: join as a walk-on

Common phrases: walk on at college, walk on as something