walk-off

[ wawk-awf, -of ]

/ ˈwɔkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun Informal.

a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm.

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Origin of walk-off

First recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase walk off

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How to use walk-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
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She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
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I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
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British Dictionary definitions for walk-off

walk off

verb

(intr) to depart suddenly

(tr, adverb) to get rid of by walkingto walk off an attack of depression

walk a person off his feet to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted

walk off with

to steal
to win, esp easily

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