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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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According to Secretary of State Bill Galvin, the ongoing dispute between the company and more than 450 striking members of Teamsters Local 25 should have been resolved already.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
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The menu strikes the perfect balance—not too extensive, not too sparse.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 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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Through the soil created by centuries of decomposing plant life, through rocks ground down by shifting rivers and slowly moving mountains.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
8 July 2025
Verb
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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
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Enjoy the swim-perfect waves, read on the gray-sand beach, and walk for miles while keeping an eye out for the abundant wildlife here, such as toucans, macaws, and spider monkeys.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
Verb
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The team departed from Alexandria to the airport soon after what became its final match of the tournament.—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the plane departed at 2:36 p.m. and returned to the ground at 3:22 p.m.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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But the story goes a little something like this: Cheyenne, along with her two older brothers, was taken in by their great-grandparents after their mother lost custody.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
6 July 2025
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But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
Verb
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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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Prime Day deals are usually the best of the year, so now’s the time to pull out the plastic for hot-ticket items on your wishlist.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 July 2025
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“Walk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk%20out. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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