Definitions

walk out

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go out v.
leave v.
picket v.
resign v.
step down v.

VERB

go out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart exit

WEAK

decamp go on strike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive enter

WEAK

come back inflame

VERB

leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish

WEAK

beat it break away clear out come away cut out give the slip go away go forth head out move out pull out push off remove oneself ride off run along say goodbye set out slip out step down take a hike take leave

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop

STRONG

come in hold join keep

WEAK

care continue maintain

VERB

picket

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blockade boycott demonstrate protest

STRONG

strike

WEAK

hit the bricks stage a walkout

VERB

resign

Synonyms

STRONG

abandon abdicate capitulate cede drop fold forgo forsake leave quit relinquish renounce retire secede surrender terminate vacate waive yield

WEAK

bail out bow out cease work demit divorce oneself from drop out end service give notice give up the ship hand in resignation hand over hang it up separate oneself from sign off stand aside stand down step down throw in the towel turn over wash hands of

Antonyms

STRONG

assert begin claim come continue defend do fight hold join keep maintain pursue remain retain win

WEAK

agree take on

VERB

step down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon abdicate bow out drop out leave quit retire terminate

WEAK

cease work give notice hand in resignation hang it up sign off throw in the towel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assert begin come continue defend hold join keep maintain remain retain

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walk out

Production, instrument and mechanical technicians are among those set to walk out for a total of six days in October and November, beginning with a two-day walk-out which started at midnight.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

And somewhere in that crowd will be a youngster attending their first fight, watching two of Britain's most recognisable sportsmen walk out and perhaps deciding they want to lace up a pair of gloves themselves.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It has the familiar, slightly chaotic feeling of leaving a friend’s house party, when nobody is quite ready to be the first person actually to walk out the door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

A watch that loses most of its value as soon as you walk out of the store is a tough sell to connoisseurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

She didn’t want to walk out as Father Drozdov prayed.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

walk out

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