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Walk Off

Definition: Walk Off

Walk Off

Verb

1. Take without permission; "he walked off with my wife!" "The thief walked off with my gold watch".

2. Go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off".

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

 

Synonym: Walk Off

Synonym: walk away (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Walk Off

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Stealing

Convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize; (lay violent hands on).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Walk Off

Specialty definitions using "walk off": walk off the end of. (references)

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Modern Usage: Walk Off

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart)

Take a long walk off a short pier (Peggy Sue Got Married; writing credit: Jerry Leichtling; Arlene Sarner)

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

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Commercial Usage: Walk Off

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

  • Leslie Sansone: Walk off Weight System - Weight Loss Walk (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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

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Photo Album: Walk Off

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lock, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and Senior Airman Efrain Lopez, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March AFB, Calif., walk off the flight line after a day of photogrpahing the Keen Sword 03 exercise in Tsuki.

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

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Speeches: Walk Off

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Now is not the time to walk off the field and forfeit the victory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Walk Off

Expressions using "walk off": walk off a big meal walk off the end of walk off too much drink walk off with. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Walk Off

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

walk off the pound

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Walk Off

Language Translations for "walk off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vjedh (cop, Frisk, hook, lift, mooch, nobble, peculate, pilfer, pinch, prig, purloin, Rob, salvage, scrounge, snitch, steal, take away, thieve, walk off with), fitoj me lehtësi (walk off with). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كسب بسهولة (walk off with), ‏سرق (convey, crib, crook, filch, hook, lift, misappropriate, mooch, nick, nobble, pick, pinch, plunder, purloin, rip off, rob, sack, sneak, steal, swipe, thieve, walk off with). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

открадвам (kidnap, make away with, nip, nobble, pick, pinch, pull, purloin, run away with, snatch, steal, walk away with, walk off with), задигам (bag, carry away, filch, finger, grab, lift, mooch, nip, pinch, prig, run away with, scarp, scrounge, snaffle, sneak, swipe, walk off with), лесно спечелвам награда (walk off with). (various references)

   

Czech

  

odvést (carry off, divert, drain away, lead off, pay, take away, walk off with), odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, quit, retire, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away). (various references)

   

French

  

rafler. (various references)

   

German

  

ablaufen (be up, comb, drain away, drain off, dry off, execute, expire, go off, lapse, pass, pass off, run, run away, run out, rundown, scour, unwind, walk over, wear down, wear out, wind down). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לזכות בקלות (walk off with), ל' וב (filch, purloin, snitch, steal, thieve, walk off with). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

meglép valamivel (walk off with). (various references)

   

Italian

  

smaltire (digest, dispose of, drain, finish off, sell off, swallow, take off), allontanarsi (depart, go away, leave, recede, roll away, stray, walk away, withdraw). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

掻っ払う (to swipe, to walk off with). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かっぱらう (to swipe, to walk off with). (various references)

   

Manx

  

shooyl roish (walk along, walk away). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alkway offay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

украсть (crook, filch, nobble, pinch, snaffle, steal, thieve, walk off with), одержать легкую победу (walk off with). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ukrasti (filch, finger, lift, pilfer, purloin, rob, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve, walk off with), odneti (carry away, carry off, remove, take away, walk off with). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tomar a (assume, cup, imbed, tote), robar (abstract, burglarize, burgle, draw, pinch, pluck, remove, Rob, scrounge, steal, thieve, twist, walk away), quitarse dando un paseo, llevarse (bear away, bear off, blow away, bring away, carry away, carry off, drive away, get, take away, take off, walk away, wash, win), largarse (bugger off, buzz off, clear off, decamp, get, hop off, light out, lump it, make away, make off, pack away, pack off, pop off, push off, scat, scoot, scram, sheer off, shove along, shove off, skiddoo, skip off, slink away, slink off, slip away, split, take off), irse caminando (get along, get out, go down, lap over, walk away), dar una vuelta (go for a walk, go round, walk around, wheel), copar (cut off, surround, sweep the board, walk away), bajar (abase, abate, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get off, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, recede, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, trail, turn down, walk down, wind down), alejarse (bear off, draw away, estrange, flounce away, move away, move off, pass over, recede, walk away). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

med lätthet ta hem (walk off with), knycka (bone, collar, crib, filch, hustle, jerk, nip, nobble, snaffle, sneak, snitch, snoop, walk off with). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uzaklaşmak (become distant, draw away, grow away from, move away, recede, retire, walk away, wander, wander away, wander off), rahatlamak için dolaşmak, kaçmak (abscond, blow, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, Lam, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, pull out, retreat, run, run away, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel), dolaşarak rahatlamak, 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 out, walk out of, withdraw), çekip gitmek (buzz off, clear off, clear out, pop off, push off, scram, split, vamoose, vamose). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відходити (backtrack, be off, belie, branch out, depart, digress, move back, move off, pull off, pull out, stand out, trek, walk away, withdraw, yield), поцупити (nab, nail, nibble, nip, pilfer, pull, scrounge, snitch, walk away, win). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Walk Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-f-k-l-o-w"

-2 letters: offal.

-3 letters: alow, awol, flak, flaw, flow, foal, folk, fowl, kola, loaf, waff, walk, wolf.

-4 letters: aff, awl, kaf, koa, law, low, oaf, oak, off, oka, owl, wok.

-5 letters: al, aw, fa, ka, la, lo, of, ow, wo.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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