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as in to exit
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 strike
a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands
after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in
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Recent Examples of walk out
Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Manhattan date photos of Swift and Kelce on June 20, walking out of a restaurant, and then on June 29, walking into a hotel off the West Side Highway.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Norman Miller, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The home features a walkout lower level that is finished to the same high standards found in the rooms on the first and second floors.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Verb
For example, when the same person who earned $100 playing blackjack wins and walks out of the casino, there is no clear paper trail connecting them to the $100 win.
—Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Manhattan date photos of Swift and Kelce on June 20, walking out of a restaurant, and then on June 29, walking into a hotel off the West Side Highway.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Noun
On June 2, Milford High students staged a walkout protesting Gomes’ detention.
—Norman Miller, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The home features a walkout lower level that is finished to the same high standards found in the rooms on the first and second floors.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk out
Verb
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These hiking physical human augmentation wearables are exiting the Trough of Disillusionment, led by three factors that work in their favor: low price, influencer content, and public demonstrations.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Instead, Canada exits at the quarterfinal stage — not to the USMNT, Mexico or upstart Panama, but to Guatemala, which entered the tournament ranked 84th in the world according to the Elo Ratings and 106th in the FIFA rankings.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The Senate struck a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have prohibited states from regulating AI for the next decade.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Four bullets struck Shakur in the chest, arm and thigh.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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That he was moved by Gi-hun and now wants to give her closure and the money her father fairly won?—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
Verb
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The union hopes to walk away from the Indy meeting with more confidence that a deal will be done before the deadline.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
11 July 2025
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Once in place, the walking robots moved Huayanli 33 feet a day, or 0.0003 miles per hour, to the west then to the north, like a knight’s move in chess.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Over time, many of the drivers of their upside, from George Springer to Carlos Correa to Gerrit Cole to Justin Verlander to Tucker and Bregman, departed.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Tatis went 0-for-4 with a walk and entered Saturday with a .677 OPS over his last 55 games, while Merrill went 1-for-4 with a sacrifice fly after entering the game with a .570 OPS in his first 11 games off the concussion list.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Some persons leave the room with a bang, slamming the door and they’re gone.—
Mará Rose Williams
July 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2025
Verb
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Iconic restaurants are closing, airport workers are being replaced by kiosks, hotels are pulling out, and working families are losing, not winning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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With Andrey Santos being a late replacement for Reece James — who pulled out of the line-up after feeling tightness during the warm-up — Chelsea’s shape tweaked once again with Santos operating as a lone pivot as Enzo Fernandez pushed on in midfield.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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“Walk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk%20out. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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