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Definition of walkout
1 : strike 3a
2 : the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval
From the M-W Editors
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
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Hundreds of Times employees staged a walkout on Thursday afternoon to protest the cuts.
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Times employees also staged a roughly 20-minute walkout Thursday afternoon to protest the impending staff cuts.
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Not counted in the official size are 3,000 more square feet in the finished lower-level walkout.
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There was in turmoil with a new owner of the hospital and a walkout and a bunch of characters’ lives on the line.
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A noose was found at the Port of Oakland — the second such incident there in two weeks — prompting a brief walkout from longshoremen.
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Dan Dueholm, a staff representative with the alliance, disputed a statement in Khepera’s court filing that staff had staged a walkout after learning that the charter school had no money.
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The stunning reverse 1.5-story, four-bedroom Augusta on a walkout home site is move-in ready ($480,500). Don’t delay—visit today.
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If lawmakers don’t pass a satisfactory deal on school funding soon, the Everett teachers union may vote for a school walkout or strike, according to The (Everett) Herald.
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First Known Use of walkout
1881
WALKOUT Defined for English Language Learners
walkout
playDefinition of walkout for English Language Learners
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: a strike by workers
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: the act of leaving a meeting or organization as a way of showing disapproval
WALKOUT Defined for Kids
walkout
playDefinition of walkout for Students
1 : a labor strike
2 : the act of leaving a meeting or organization to show disapproval
Law Dictionary
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