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• walk out
  walk out

  verb

  to leave without explanation, esp in anger
• walk-out
  walk-out

  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.”

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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The sentence imposed on Aaron Strachan does not mean he'll walk out of prison after five years - instead, it could keep him behind bars for decades, if not the rest of his life.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Related: ‘Respect is important’: If my financial adviser said, ‘Hey,’ my wife and I would walk out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Browsing is a form of entertainment, increasing the likelihood that they walk out with a purchase, regardless of what’s in stock.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

A little boy can walk out of a house on Fourth Street in the middle of small-town Kansas, and he can end up leading armies that will save the free world from tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

He rattled around in the house and kept trying to walk out through the windows and glass doors, so we let him outside and kept his food dish full and left him untied.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were not affected by this planned walk-out.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

It’s been a big summer for the walk-out video.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Unlike in previous strikes, during the latest walk-out NHS England asked hospitals to carry out routine operations where possible and to only reschedule appointments in exceptional circumstances.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

Streeting says negotiations which began on Thursday have been constructive - but with resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, due to walk-out for five days on Friday, he is urging them to postpone.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

Three bedrooms, one and a half baths, a walk-out basement.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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