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 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 The client comes into the office, the planning is done, and the client walks out with several binders of documents. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 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 Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Mitchell Robinson, relegated to a diminished role this season under Brown, walks out of the building. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 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
  • Good Good Golf apologizes for the ‘worst ad known to man’ and exits being a PGA Tour event sponsor.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The new data from Zeki suggests the public exits are part of a broader reversal.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exits
Verb
  • So, in order to make an extreme contact point work, the batter has to be able to discern balls and strikes really well.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The virus also causes a rare but fatal neurological condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which typically strikes years after a child seemingly recovers from the infection.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of strikes
Verb
  • Trainers then lead participants in a 45-minute full-body workout before the class moves into another room fashioned as a recovery space with art and quiet music.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Interestingly, the researchers also found that the three-dimensional arrangement or atomic orientation of the material could create different ray patterns, giving us more control over how heat moves through the material.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • Edgewater defensive tackle Wes Hendry walks off the field with cramps.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Every year, more than 27,000 members of the Television Academy — actors and editors, showrunners and composers, the people who actually make television — sit down with their ballots and decide who walks away with an Emmy.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of walks
Verb
  • The trail departs from Scorpion Harbor on Santa Cruz Island and climbs about 800 feet in total, providing panoramic vistas of the Pacific along the way.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Still, United might supplement that area of the team if Zirkzee departs.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of departs
Verb
  • Driving Experience The windscreen is brief to say the least, but airflow goes right over your head.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The movie goes big on the ‘80s tropes for laughs, including over-the-top costumes and era-specific references, but the love story at its heart is timeless.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • Some recalls, Eskin said, are made after companies’ routine testing catches a pathogen before anyone gets sick, while others involve outbreaks that are already underway and vary widely in size and severity.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • All cabins come with a firepit equipped with a grill grate and a picnic table, while upgrading to an outdoor suite gets you a tarp for shade lined with string lights and an extremely comfortable hammock.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • 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 31 Aug. 2026.

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