Instead of solving the complaint, the manager just walked around the issue.

walked around 是动词短语 walk around 的过去式形式。walk 意思是"行走"，around 意思是"围绕、在...周围"。 walk around 在这里是比喻用法，字面意思是"绕着...走"，引申为"回避、避开(问题)"，指不直接面对或解决问题。