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as in to exit
to leave a place often for another
we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
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as in strike
a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands
after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in
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Recent Examples of walk out
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The Israel-Palestine conflict remained a focal point at the festival with pro-Palestinian groups calling for the festival to take a stance on the war in Gaza, and a Danish-Palestinian filmmaker walking out of a panel discussion with a Lebanese director working with an Israeli comedian.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Around 55 students at Patch Middle School in Stuttgart, Germany, staged the walkout on Tuesday afternoon, the same day Hegseth visited Kelley Barracks, a U.S. military installation in the city.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Both unions walked out in late February after holding initial demonstrations in late 2024.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The Israel-Palestine conflict remained a focal point at the festival with pro-Palestinian groups calling for the festival to take a stance on the war in Gaza, and a Danish-Palestinian filmmaker walking out of a panel discussion with a Lebanese director working with an Israeli comedian.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
McNeese State senior Amir Khan, however, has gone viral for leading the team’s tunnel walkouts, with a boom box, before games.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Around 55 students at Patch Middle School in Stuttgart, Germany, staged the walkout on Tuesday afternoon, the same day Hegseth visited Kelley Barracks, a U.S. military installation in the city.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk out
Verb
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While stocks may continue their short-term celebration, the long-term sustainability of this rally is being undermined by something few are talking about: a major foreign holder of U.S. debt may be exiting the market in protest.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Wong remained in the game to finish the inning but soon exited.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The area struck is a residential and commercial area and is close to at least two schools.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Still, Reising said, the increasing occurrence of extreme and unpredictable weather events, like floods and droughts, could strike at any moment and erase those benefits.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Eventually any discourse about his low batting average and moving him in the lineup evaporated as Judge finished with a .322 average, 58 homers and 144 RBIS, barely missing out on matching Mickey Mantle in the Triple Crown department.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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He was appointed to the position in 2024 after longtime trustee Dan Bobrowski moved from the area and left the board.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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The segment displayed an image of Wallen walking off the stage. 'Get me to God's country': Morgan Wallen abruptly leaves 'SNL' stage Ego Nwodim accidentally prompts audience to curse on 'Weekend Update': 'Lorne's gonna be mad' One moment of the show may have left the network's censors unhappy.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Although there was a due process of knocking off a bit of rust from weeks away from NBA basketball, Cunningham eventually walked away from the loss feeling like himself.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The inaugural charter flight departed from Wuxi to Chicago early Friday, carrying more than 100 tons of cargo.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ravi Ahuja will depart Roku‘s board of directors after more than a decade, following his promotion to CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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For over five decades, owner Bill Huth kept the track going.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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The couple went public with their relationship in June of 2016.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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And Losers Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are many people who are not getting social service programs, especially people with disabilities.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Weezer were added to the Coachella lineup as a last-minute surprise over the weekend, alongside Ed Sheeran, as acts including FKA Twigs had to pull out of the event.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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If international investors decide to pull out of U.S. assets, that will hit bonds and the dollar alike.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Walk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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