walk out
[verb]
Synonyms: strike, stick out

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

walk out phrasal verb (see also walk)

1. to leave a place suddenly, especially because you disapprove of something:
The play was awful and we walked out after half an hour.
walk out of
the issue that led to the US walking out of the trade talks this week

2. to leave your husband, wife etc suddenly and go and live somewhere else:
Her husband walked out, leaving her with three children to look after.
walk out on
Five years later she walked out on Matthew and their two boys.

3. to leave your job suddenly because you no longer want to do it:
We’re so short-staffed. I can’t just walk out.
walk out of
If you can afford to walk out of your job, why not?

4. to stop working as a protest:
Workers are threatening to walk out if an agreement is not reached.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

walk out
1.
to leave an event before it is finished.
It was such a bad movie that I felt like walking out in the first fifteen minutes.

2.
to refuse to work because of a disagreement with your employer.
Airline pilots are threatening to walk out next week.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

walk out
go on strike
More than half of the workers at the factory decided to walk out on strike this morning.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

walk out
v.
1. To go on strike.
When the company would not give them higher pay, the workers walked out.
2. To leave suddenly; especially to desert.
He didn't say he wasn't coming back; he just walked out.
■ Often used informally with "on".
The man walked out on his wife and children.
Compare: LEAVE FLAT, LEAVE IN THE LURCH.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲