went walkabout

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> P.S.  I note that both SP on Talking Points and I deleted the
> preposition:  somehow, "hike the Appalachian Trail" makes for a
> snazzier euphemism than "hike on the Appalachian Trail"

It doesn't feel like Prep-deletion to me, just a plain old transitive.
Not recognized yet by the OED, but MWCD11 has it (def 3: "to traverse
on a hike <hike a trail>").


--Ben Zimmer

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