Walk the dog
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Walking the dog is, first and foremost, the act of taking a pet dog on a walk as part of an exercise regimen. Other meanings or similar phrases:
- Walk the dog[1] is a common yo-yo trick where the player does a sleeper and then allows this spinning yo-yo to roll along the ground as if it were a leashed animal.
- "Walking the dog" is also a technique for retrieving a surface (top water) fishing lure.
- Citizen Band (CB's) use "walk the dog"
- Wag the Dog is the title of a 1997 film starring Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman, about the creation of a fake war in order to divert public attention from a presidential sex scandal. The term has subsequently found its way into common political vernacular to describe similar situations. See Spin (public relations).
- Walking the Dog is a song by Rufus Thomas. It has been covered by many artists, including The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith.
- Walking the Dog musical piece by George Gershwin written for the film Shall We Dance (1937), and later published as "Promenade" in 1960

