walk out
phrasal verbwalk out
- (informal) (of workers) to stop working in order to go on strike
- Workers at the plant are threatening to walk out over pay.
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walk out (of something)
- to leave a meeting, performance, etc. suddenly, especially in order to show that you do not like or approve of it
- They hinted that they would walk out of the peace talks.
walk out (on somebody)
- (informal, disapproving) to suddenly leave somebody that you are having a relationship with and that you have a responsibility for synonym desert
- How could she walk out on her kids?
walk out (on something)
- (informal) to stop doing something that you have agreed to do before it is completed
- I never walk out on a job half done.