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walkabout

 noun
     
Related topics: Officials
walk‧a‧bout [countable] British English
1 informalPGO an occasion when an important person walks through a crowd, talking informally to people:
The press conference was followed by a walkabout and a factory visit.
2

go walkabout

spoken to get lost - used humorously:
My watch has gone walkabout again.
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