Walk Out

Definition: Walk Out

Walk Out

Verb

1. Stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met".

2. Leave abruptly, often in protest or anger: "The customer that was not served walked out".

3. Leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Walk Out

Crosswords: Walk Out

You're 5 foot and nothin', a hundred and nothin', not one ounce of athletic ability, yet you hung in with the best college football team in the land and are gonna walk out of here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame (Rudy; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo)

What will it take for us to walk out of here with that video tape (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

I have had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming (Blade Runner; writing credit: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Based on the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick.)

What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa)

I'm giving you the opportunity to walk out with the money, Mr. Bond (The World Is Not Enough; writing credit: Neal Purvis; Robert Wade)

Before you walk out of my life (Before You Walk Out My Life; performing artist: Monica)

You're gonna walk out on this heart of mine (Www.memory; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Study your body when you walk out of the room (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber)

So don't expect me just to walk out of the door (Holding Her and Loving You; performing artist: Clay Walker)

I can't walk out (Suspicious Minds; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Before You Walk Out Of My Life (performing artist: Monica)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Sudden Endings: Why Husbands, Wives, and Lovers Walk Out on Long, Loving Relationships (reference)

  (more book examples)

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He could stand up, put one foot before the other and walk out softly and then run, run, run swiftly through the dark streets

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "walk out": walk out of ♦ walk out on ♦ walk out with. Additional references.

Albanian

largohem i nxehur, ik nga shtëpia, dal në grevë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ضرب عن العمل (close down, down tools). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стачкувам (down tools, stay out, strike), стачка (industrial action, slowdown, strike, tie up), напускам демонстративно, излизам (add up, blow up, come, come away, come off, come out, emerge, exit, get out, get out of, go about, go out, issue, jump, pan out, propound, prove, pull out, rise, run off, sally, set up, shoot out, step off, turn out, work out). (various references)

Czech

nechat v bryndì koho. (various references)

Dutch

een laag volgen (to walk a bed, to walk out). (various references)

French

se mettre en grève (stage a walkout). (various references)

German

hinausgehen (exit, give on to, go out, lead out, step out, to go out), davonlaufen (get out of hand, outrode, run away), ausziehen (discard, doff, draw out, extend, extract, move out, pull off, pull out, put off, put up, remove, set forth, set out, shed, slip off, strip, strip off, supplied, take off, take out, trace, undress). (various references)

Greek 

βγαίνω έξω, παρατώ (abandon, quit). (various references)

Hungarian

kivezet (bled, to bleed, to take out, to walk out). (various references)

Indonesian

pemogokan. (various references)

Italian

uscire (be drawn, be issued, be turned out, come out, exit, get out, go, go out, leave, stick up). (various references)

Manx

stholk (stem, stoppage, strike, turn out), shooyl magh (take about). (various references)

Pig Latin

alkway outay.(various references)

Portuguese

seguir um banco dominante (to walk a bed, to walk out), prosseguir num banco a prospecção (to walk a bed, to walk out), desertar (run away, walk out on). (various references)

Romanian

grevã (strike). (various references)

Russian 

уйти (part from). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stupiti u štrajk, ostaviti (abandon, cast off, leave, let, relinquish), napustiti (abandon, cast off, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, give away, jilt, leave, quit, run out, take leave of, throw over, vacate). (various references)

Spanish

salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, wash off), retirarse a (go out, hole up, pull out), declararse (break out, come out, pop the question), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield). (various references)

Swedish

gå ut (exit, expire, go out, lap, lapse), gå i strejk (come out on strike). (various references)

Turkish

yürüyüşe çıkarmak (take smb. for a walk, walk), protesto için terketmek, grev yapmak (be on strike, be out, go on strike, go out, strike, strike work), dolaştırmak (circulate, dash, embrangle, entangle, entwine, foul, foul up, hand on, intwine, kink, knot, Ravel, take for a walk, tangle, trot round, walk, walk about, walk around), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose), bırakıp çıkma, ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out of, withdraw), çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, recede, repair, resign, retire, retract, scratch, secede, stand, step aside, step down, withdraw), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out), çıkıp gitmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

страйкувати (be on strike, strike), страйк (strike, tie up, turn out), ушитися, виходити (alight, appear, come of, come out, egress, exit, get out, go out, log out, proceed, step, step out), демонстративне залишення, дезертирство (defection, desertion, duck out). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outwalk, walkout.

-1 letter: outlaw.

-2 letters: taluk.

-3 letters: alow, alto, auto, awol, kola, lota, lout, talk, tola, tolu, walk, wauk, waul.

-4 letters: alt, auk, awl, kat, koa, lat, law, lot, low, oak, oat, oka, out, owl, tao, tau, taw, tow, twa, two, uta, wat, wok, wot.

-5 letters: al, at, aw, ka, la, lo, ow, ta, to, ut, wo.

+1 letter: outwalks, walkouts.

+2 letters: outwalked, walkabout.

+3 letters: outwalking, walkabouts.