1
as in exited
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 struck
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands
the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months
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Recent Examples of walked out
The Atlanta Dream survived a furious fourth-quarter comeback attempt from the Indiana Fever and walked out of Indianapolis with a 108-101 win Thursday.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Yet, Rob-Will walked out of rehab, and is intent on thwarting the ceremonial ranch handover to heir-apparent Joaquin.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Gaethje entered as a sizable underdog and walked out with the undisputed lightweight title, capping the historic UFC Freedom 250 card on the White House South Lawn.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Dick had just swung around me when a grizzly bear walked out from behind a knoll.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Per the outlet, the employees walked out in protest earlier this year, also alleging that the franchisee didn't provide safety training.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
On June 10, 2007, Tony Soprano walked into Holsten's diner and never walked out.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
In a nod to her Noughties rom-com glory days, Lopez embraced glam that could have walked out of the early 2000s.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
That's a dramatically higher survival rate than was seen in West Africa in 2014, where only about half of patients walked out of treatment clinics.
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Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Yet, Rob-Will walked out of rehab, and is intent on thwarting the ceremonial ranch handover to heir-apparent Joaquin.
—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Gaethje entered as a sizable underdog and walked out with the undisputed lightweight title, capping the historic UFC Freedom 250 card on the White House South Lawn.
—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Dick had just swung around me when a grizzly bear walked out from behind a knoll.
—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Per the outlet, the employees walked out in protest earlier this year, also alleging that the franchisee didn't provide safety training.
—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
On June 10, 2007, Tony Soprano walked into Holsten's diner and never walked out.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
In a nod to her Noughties rom-com glory days, Lopez embraced glam that could have walked out of the early 2000s.
—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
That's a dramatically higher survival rate than was seen in West Africa in 2014, where only about half of patients walked out of treatment clinics.
—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked out
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The company exited bankruptcy on April 1, 2024.
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Talk to business owners who have already exited.
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Officers said a shot was fired from an adjacent apartment and a child was struck.
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Robinson’s personal effort to reclaim her joy quickly struck a chord with other women who longed to reconnect with the carefree days of their youth.
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Peter Zenk Residents in Waite Park were picking up handfuls of hail after storms moved through the Stearns County community.
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Guests were moved to nearby hotels.
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China walked a careful diplomatic line during the conflict.
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Nick Kurtz walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th to force home the winning run.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Syed Asim Munir have departed Islamabad and are on their way to Switzerland where diplomatic discussions between the US and Iran are unfolding, a statement from the prime minister’s office said Sunday.
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The robot is being tested aboard the Song Hang research vessel, which departed on June 8 from Changxing Island near Shanghai.
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Benintendi went deep after pinch-hitter Sam Antonacci doubled off Fernando Cruz (4-2).
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News of his upcoming match went viral on Weibo, with the hashtag racking up more than 24 million views.
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So who got a some fries with their shake?
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This is the same team that got all of the hostages out of the tunnels of Gaza that nobody said could be done.
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Room had a big game with more than a dozen saves; his wife, his wife pulled out the list of haters and went on the attack.
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The world’s second-largest consumer of crude oil, China, has pulled out all the stops to preserve supplies as the war in Iran has cut off access to more than 11 million barrels of oil per day.
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“Walked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked%20out. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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