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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

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Morocco go into the game as African champions, though only after Caf overturned the result of the Africa Cup of Nations final following Senegal's controversial walk-off.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The fact that they were subsequently stripped of that African Nations title for staging an illegal 17-minute walk-off to protest an officiating decision has only endeared them to me further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Hull then lined the next pitch into the gap in left-center field for a walk-off double to send the Tar Heels to Omaha in a heartbreaking, season-ending loss for USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

With Freeman’s sixth career walk-off home run, the Dodgers beat the Angels for the fourth consecutive time this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 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

If I'd been given out, I was going to walk off.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

I watch office workers walk off mid-bite, sipping from paper cups of milk tea.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Avery Truesdale was a gifted baseball player who hit the walk off run for conference champ Arcadia in Logan’s freshman year,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Around 50,500 workers had been set to walk off production lines as anger flared over how the company distributes its massive profits.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

I watched her walk off to join the other clarinet players.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee