go walkabout

Australia UK colloquial of an object

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

Japanese Meaning

通常置かれている場所から行方不明になる、または消失する / 失われる、または盗難に遭う可能性がある

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My laptop seems to go walkabout every time I need it most.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私のノートパソコンは、必要なときになるといつも決まって行方不明になる。

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Sense（1）

(UK, Australia, colloquial, of an object) To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.

The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout.

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Sense（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, 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.

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goes walkabout

（ present singular third-person ）

going walkabout

（ participle present ）

went walkabout

（ past ）

gone walkabout

（ participle past ）

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