walk out
verb
Forms walks out walking out walked out
- verb (intransitive, labour) To stage a walkout or strike. “Postal workers are set to walk out tomorrow if contract negotiations fail.”
- verb (intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
- verb (intransitive, dated) To go out with; to be romantically involved. “The maidservant has been walking out with the butcher’s man.”
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To go for a walk outdoors; to go out.
- verb (transitive) To accompany (someone) as they leave a house or other building.
- verb (transitive) To continue or persist in carrying (something) out or following through (with something); to persevere.
- verb (transitive, weightlifting) To step away with when carrying the weight in order not to hit the rack it was lifted off from during execution of the exercise.
Synonyms
strike go on strike walk off the job walk date go out see see out
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