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Walk the board vs Walk the boards

walk the board—(Surfing ) move up and down one’s surfboard:

  • Advanced beginners will learn how to better handle your board, surf down the line and walk the board.

Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase walk the plank

1. (hist.) be murdered by drowning (when captured by pirates and forced to walk off a board extended over the side of a ship):

  • They deserve to be made to walk the plank for their impudence.

2. be forced to resign from a job:

  • She claims she was made to walk the plank after complaining about sexual harassment.

3. accept responsibility for smth. and suffer the consequences:

  • If they think that the President is going to lose, they might decide, “OK, why should I walk the plank for him?”

walk the boards —(also: tread the boards) be an actor:

  • She probably was destined to walk the boards of the English stage and to grace the big screen with her exquisite beauty.