walks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of walk out
1
as in exits
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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2
as in strikes
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 walks out When the vendor’s leadership walks out the door, the context evaporates with them. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Erin drapes her white puffy coat over her shoulders, collects the lawyer for Deux Moi who just happens to be her husband, and walks out onto the wet asphalt of Chinatown. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026 Morris, in a while gauzy dress and bare feet, walks out to a standing ovation. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026 Let’s back up a moment first, to set the stage before Collier walks out on it. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The kind that walks out the door when somebody retires or leaves and is extraordinarily slow and expensive to rebuild, if it can be rebuilt at all. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026 But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026 The Ed Sullivan Theater, the crowd is full, the curtain pulls, people are cheering, and David Letterman walks out. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 June 2026 The woman stands and walks out. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walks out
  1. exits
  2. strikes
  3. moves
  4. walks
  5. departs
  6. goes
  7. gets
  8. peels off
Verb
  • The museum now has up to six entrances and exits that visitors can come in and out of to curate their own journey.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Phillies’ 2022 World Series loss to the Houston Astros began a streak of five straight postseason appearances with progressively quicker exits — the NL Championship Series, two NLDS exits and now the wild-card loss.
    — Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of exits
Verb
  • The handheld strikes a near perfect balance between authentically re-creating the GBA’s design while updating its hardware with new controls, a much better screen, and the flexibility of Android at a price that feels like a bargain.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s exactly what just happened as Bloom Energy strikes a multiyear deal to place its name on the Philadelphia 76ers’ jersey.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of strikes
Verb
  • Riley was a direct inspiration on the record, and while the Bay Area composer did work with drones, his influence is more poignant here, in the way Schwendener breaks the melody down into pieces and moves them around.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Bits per second is commonly used in BCI research to quantify how quickly and accurately a user can select intended targets, rather than simply measuring how fast a cursor physically moves.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In this large-scale canvas (5 feet 3 inches by 6 feet 7 inches), the artist’s young son Jean appears on the left, and his first wife Camille walks in the background with a friend or neighbor.
    — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of walks
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  • The federal program departs from most state programs by not forcing students to leave public school to qualify for the scholarship.
    — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As our lower pressure departs eastward — caught up with a racing Hurricane Polo — the upper atmospheric pattern will change dramatically.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of departs
Verb
  • If that goes well, perhaps more fans will be in the seats when Oklahoma State comes to town the following week.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Video first obtained by ABC News shows Coast Guard agents equipped in tactical gear boarding the ship, guns drawn, while a separate Coast Guard boat goes alongside of it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • But while Antetokounmpo gets most of the attention as the Heat’s new star, Adebayo will again be relied on to be the team’s leader.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Known as the Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, the place gets its name from English buccaneer-cum-naturalist William Dampier, who was overcome by the bay’s sheer abundance and the size of the marine predators during a visit in 1699.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets
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  • Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Octavia Spencer immediately peels off her jacket after entering the room and realizing there are no cameras present for our interview.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of peels off

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“Walks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walks%20out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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