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

A walk-off touchdown pass to win in overtime in 2024, and an overtime loss this season in Week 16.

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Coincidentally, it was Patterson’s old program, TCU, who ended the Trojans’ season a few days later with a walk-off touchdown in the Alamo Bowl.

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USC blew a 10-point lead in the final five minutes against Texas Christian on Tuesday, a team playing without its star quarterback, before missing four tackles on a third-and-20 walk-off touchdown in overtime.

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Freshman Louis Lappe, known for his walk-off home run for El Segundo in the 2023 Little League World Series championship game, will hit a home run in his high school debut for Harvard-Westlake.

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Payne broke one tackle, then another, then another, rumbling his way 35 yards until he’d scored a walk-off touchdown, leaving USC with a 9-4 record and bitter taste in its mouth heading into the offseason.

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