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walk-off
[ wawk-awf, -of ]
noun
- 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.
walk off
verb
- intr to depart suddenly
- tr, adverb to get rid of by walking
to walk off an attack of depression
- walk a person off his feetwalk a person off his feet to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted
- walk off withwalk off with
- to steal
- to win, esp easily
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Word History and Origins
Origin of walk-off1
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Example Sentences
Said pimp and Nick Cannon have a Zoolander style “walk-off” to prove who is sexiest.
At this point, commentators are already beginning to talk about her imminent walk-off, lamenting the lost American gold.
After a few ridiculous barbs, Zoolander flexes his ego, challenging Hansel to a “walk-off.”
It was the first time the baseball season ended in a walk-off home run and the only time ever in the seventh game.
His name was Walk-off, and his object was the annexation of fish for Muscovite consumption.
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