walk·out
ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t 
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2
: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval
walked out; walking out; walks out
Examples of walkout in a Sentence
Noun
Hundreds of workers staged a walkout to protest conditions in the factory.
after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in
Verb
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
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Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
Held in May of last year, the dinner saw walkouts and howls of dissent as Ari Emanuel tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what the super-agent saw as an overkill response to the October 7 attacks.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The majority of the deportees, however, walked out of the reception center and climbed back onto the same buses that brought them from the airport.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In the wake of the controversial special, trans employees at the streaming service planned a walkout on October 20 and protested en masse outside of Netflix’s Los Angeles offices.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
Held in May of last year, the dinner saw walkouts and howls of dissent as Ari Emanuel tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what the super-agent saw as an overkill response to the October 7 attacks.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Things got slightly more chaotic when Kaufman introduced a child's costume that saw a youngster walk out to set with a barrel over his body, with the controversial — and subsequently canceled — Cracker Barrel logo on it.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The majority of the deportees, however, walked out of the reception center and climbed back onto the same buses that brought them from the airport.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Walkout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walkout. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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walkout
1 of 2 noun
walk·out
ˈwȯ-ˌkau̇t
2
: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval
walk out
2 of 2 verb(ˈ)wȯ-ˈkau̇t
1
: to go on strike
2
: to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval
Legal Definition
walkout
noun
walk·out
ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t
1
: strike
2
: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval
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