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• walk-off
  walk-off

  noun

  a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway.
• walk off
  walk off

  verb

  (intr) to depart suddenly

walk-off

American  

[wawk-awf, -of] / ˈwɔkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

noun

Informal.

1. 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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walk off British  

verb

1. (intr) to depart suddenly

2. (tr, adverb) to get rid of by walking

   to walk off an attack of depression

3. to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted

4. 1. to steal

   2. to win, esp easily

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Etymology

Origin of walk-off

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

Example Sentences

Palisades 1, Narbonne 0: Ethan Davis had a walk-off single in the eighth inning for Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Orange Lutheran 6, Mater Dei 5: The Lancers won it on a walk-off RBI double by Eric Zdunek in the bottom of the ninth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

JSerra 8, Santa Margarita 7: Blake Bowen hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh for JSerra.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

But MLB’s first game wouldn’t end in a walk-off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

During one game—he was nine or ten—the score was tied in the bottom of the eleventh and one of the Yankees hit a walk-off grand slam.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer