Meaning of walk out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To stage a walkout or strike.
   intransitive
2. To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
   intransitive
3. To go out with; to be romantically involved.
   dated, intransitive
4. To go for a walk outdoors; to go out.
   intransitive, obsolete
5. To accompany (someone) as they leave a house or other building.
   transitive
6. To continue or persist in carrying (something) out or following through (with something); to persevere.
   transitive
7. To step away with when carrying the weight in order not to hit the rack it was lifted off from during execution of the exercise.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Postal workers are set⟳ to walk⟳ out tomorrow if contract negotiations fail⟳.”

“While the RMT and ScotRail bash heads over the pay⟳ freeze⟳, RMT guards based at Glasgow Central are already walking out, with strikes planned [...] in a dispute over "abuse of disciplinary procedures".”

“The maidservant has been walking out with the butcher’s man.”

“Well, her an' your boy Al, they're a-walkin' out ever' night. An' Aggie’s a good healthy girl that oughta have⟳ a husban', else she might git in trouble⟳.”

“And Maud, surely seventeen by now. Did she have⟳ a boy to walk⟳ out with?”

“[The Umbrella] kept off the Sun so effectually, that I could walk⟳ out in the hottest of the Weather with greater Advantage than I could before in the coolest, and when I had no need⟳ of it, cou’d close⟳ it and carry⟳ it under my Arm.”

“1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 118, 4 May, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 161, The Turks are said to hear⟳ with wonder⟳ a proposal to walk⟳ out, only that they may walk⟳ back; and enquire, why any man should labour for nothing:”

“The gentlemen arrived early; and, before Mrs. Bennet had time to tell⟳ him of their having seen his aunt [...], Bingley, who wanted to be alone with Jane, proposed their all walking out. It was agreed to.”

““Do you walk⟳ out this morning, my dear?” / “Yes, I shall go to the Rectory, and seek⟳ and find⟳ Caroline Helstone, and make⟳ her take⟳ some exercise: she shall have⟳ a breezy walk⟳ over Nunnely Common.””

“The day was damp, and they were not going to walk⟳ out, so they both went up to their sitting-room;”

“[A]long the edge of Regent's Park⟳ there were as many silent couples "walking out" together under the scattered gas-lamps as ever there had been.”

“Too many of us want⟳ to believe⟳ God for a miracle rather than trust⟳ him to bring⟳ us through. For some situations, healing takes time, and we have⟳ just got to walk⟳ it out.”

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