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WALK OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval
Example:
She walked out on her husband and children
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "walk out" is one way to...):
abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leave abruptly, often in protest or anger
Example:
The customer that was not served walked out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "walk out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
walkout (the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stop work in order to press demands
Example:
The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met
Synonyms:
strike; walk out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "walk out" is one way to...):
dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
walkout (a strike in which the workers walk out)
Context examples:
Let us walk out in the park, and you shall tell me all about your brothers and sisters.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
You may have to decide if you will stay with your present company and talk to the boss about redressing your commission structure or simply walk out and find another job.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
While she was gone, Mr. Knightley called, and sat some time with Mr. Woodhouse and Emma, till Mr. Woodhouse, who had previously made up his mind to walk out, was persuaded by his daughter not to defer it, and was induced by the entreaties of both, though against the scruples of his own civility, to leave Mr. Knightley for that purpose.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Oh! Do not say Miss Tilney was not angry, cried Catherine, because I know she was; for she would not see me this morning when I called; I saw her walk out of the house the next minute after my leaving it; I was hurt, but I was not affronted.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I proposed to her to walk out with me; but Mrs. Heep repeatedly complaining that she was worse, Agnes charitably remained within, to bear her company.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I hope Mr. Allen will put on his greatcoat when he goes, but I dare say he will not, for he had rather do anything in the world than walk out in a greatcoat; I wonder he should dislike it, it must be so comfortable.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A difference of opinion had arisen between herself and Mrs. Crupp, on an abstract question (the propriety of chambers being inhabited by the gentler sex); and my aunt, utterly indifferent to spasms on the part of Mrs. Crupp, had cut the dispute short, by informing that lady that she smelt of my brandy, and that she would trouble her to walk out.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was nothing more than that my father—they were just preparing to walk out, and he being hurried for time, and not caring to have it put off—made a point of her being denied.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
