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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

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Example Sentences

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They swung at nine of them, ending with outfielder Jackson Chourio’s walk-off single.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If the Braves don’t trade instead for Matt Olson, the Dodgers don’t have a hobbled Freeman hitting his walk-off, 10th-inning grand slam against the New York Yankees in the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Right-hander Brock Stewart replaced him and gave up a walk-off two-run homer to Agustín Ramírez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

And in the Dodgers’ 5-4 walk-off win against the Royals in the 10th inning Tuesday, he was as sharp as the team could have hoped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

Dart was able walk off the field and into the locker room gingerly but under his own power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

And when we stop caring, we give up hope, abandon the journey and walk off into the cold, dark woods alone.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The action at the country's largest carmaker on Friday saw around 40,000 employees walk off the job, according to union figures, after discussions over pay and retirement broke down.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

"If he gets upset, oversensitive, or overstimulated, he could walk off with half a haircut, which then looks terrible," Al says.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Jean de Satigny observed her walk off under the eaves of the house and in the shadow of the trees; he was going to follow her, but then he thought better of it.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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