walk out

British  

verb

1. to leave without explanation, esp in anger

2. to go on strike

3. informal to abandon or desert

4. obsolete to court or be courted by

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noun

1. a strike by workers

2. the act of leaving a meeting, conference, etc, as a protest

walk-out Cultural  

1. The action of leaving a meeting, place of work, or organization as an expression of disapproval or grievance: “During Grimm's speech, the radical students staged a walk-out.”

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walk out Idioms  

1. Go on strike, as in The union threatened to walk out if management would not listen to its demands . [Late 1800s]

2. Leave suddenly, especially as a sign of disapproval. For example, The play was so bad we walked out after the first act . [First half of 1800s]

3. Also, walk out on . Desert, abandon, as in He walked out on his wife and five children . [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Yet Gnassingbé makes no secret of cultivating affable and supportive relations with Burkina Faso and the fellow Sahelian military governments in Niger and Mali – all three of whom walked out of Ecowas last January.

From BBC

In public workouts, Joshua walked out before him.

From BBC

You could sense the DR Congo forward was in the mood, smiling as he walked out, and it only took him 10 minutes to open his account.

From BBC

Police have released video of a potential suspect, who appears to be a bulky man dressed in black, walking out of the building and onto nearby Hope Street.

From The Wall Street Journal

Everything is the result of work that Hoffman has been doing since she walked out of that CPA program over 10 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• escape
• flee
• fly
• go
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