walkout

noun walk·out \ ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t \

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Examples: walkout in a Sentence

Definition of walkout

1 : strike 3a

2 : the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval

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Examples of walkout in a Sentence

Hundreds of workers staged a walkout to protest conditions in the factory.
after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in

Recent Examples of walkout from the Web

The walkouts, a grassroots effort from local members within the union, began May 31, including outside the company's Meridian Street location in Indianapolis.

— jordyn hermani, Indianapolis Star, "AT&T employee walkout ends with no contract agreement reached," 6 June 2018
Jordana Bornstein, another student who helped organize the walkout, will attend New York University in the fall.

— steve sadin, chicagotribune.com, "Class of 2018 graduates: 'Deerfield High School students had a voice, a real voice'," 4 June 2018
Yet, controversially, and in a decision that inspired some Sundance walkouts, the film does feature scenes of Bill raping Jenny (a disclaimer informs us that an adult body double was used for these scenes).

— anna silman, The Cut, "The Tale and the Truth About 13-Year-Old Girls," 25 May 2018
Shortly thereafter, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a guidance that no student should be punished for participating in the walkout, and therefore Gabrielle and her friends were to receive no disciplinary action.

— lily herman, Teen Vogue, "Gabrielle Anzalone Is Running for the Lindenhurst Board of Education," 14 May 2018
That followed a roughly $6,000 salary increase that Oklahoma teachers won by threatening a walkout (and later following through).

— New York Times, "Can Weak Unions Get Teachers More Money?," 5 May 2018
The end of the walkout, which shut down schools for hundreds of thousands of students, comes after a dramatic week in which lawmakers worked through the night while teachers kept vigil.

— moriah balingit, Washington Post, "Arizona teachers end walkout despite falling short of aims," 3 May 2018
Students across New Orleans participated in Friday's walkout, which marked the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colo., where two students shot dead 12 students and a teacher in 1999.

— hanna krueger, NOLA.com, "7-year-old is only student at her school to walk out in gun protest: report," 21 Apr. 2018
Administrators at many schools tacitly allowed the walkouts in March, opting not to punish participants.

— NBC News, "Hundreds of school walkouts happening Friday to call for gun-law reform," 20 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of walkout

1881

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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walkout Synonyms

Synonyms

strike;

Related Words

sit-down, sit-in, slowdown;

lockout;

walk out

verb

Definition of walk out

intransitive verb

1 : to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval

2 : to go on strike

— walk out on

: to leave in the lurch : abandon, desert

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Examples of walk out in a Sentence

we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months