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Walk through

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˌwɔːk ˈθruː/phrasal verbCore term

In business english, walk through means: To explain something to someone step by step, often while showing it on a screen, so that they understand it fully.

In Turkish: adım adım anlatmak, üzerinden geçmek, baştan sona göstermek

How it is used

Usually 'walk someone through something': 'Let me walk you through the proposal.' Common at the start of presentations and demos. The noun walkthrough means a step-by-step explanation or demo.

Example sentences

  1. Let me walk you through the main changes in the new contract.

  2. Could you walk the new hires through the expense process?

Common collocations

  • walk someone through
  • walk you through the slides
  • a quick walkthrough
  • walk through the process
  • deckA set of presentation slides, usually prepared in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides and shared as a file.
  • share your screenTo let the other people on a video call see what is on your computer screen, such as slides, a document or an application.
  • go overTo look at or discuss something carefully, point by point, in order to check it, explain it or understand it.
  • highlightTo draw attention to the most important points or results so that people notice and remember them. As a noun, the best or most important part.

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