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    walkout
    /ˈwɔːkaʊt/

    noun

    • 1. a sudden angry departure, especially as a protest or strike: "opposition MPs staged a walkout during the budget session"

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  2. the act of leaving a place to show that you are unhappy, or (of workers) the act of stopping work because of a disagreement with management: Some people who were unhappy with the changes staged a walkout during the meeting. The airline barely averted a walkout by flight attendants this past June.

  3. 1. : to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval. 2. : to go on strike. Phrases. walk out on. : to leave in the lurch : abandon, desert. Synonyms. Noun. strike. Verb.

  4. to leave an event such as a meeting or performance because you are angry or disapprove of something: walk out (of) All the parents walked out (of the meeting) in protest. to suddenly leave your husband, wife, or partner and end your relationship with them:

  5. a strike by workers. the act of leaving or being absent from a meeting, especially as an expression of protest. a doorway in a building or room that gives direct access to the outdoors: a home with a sliding-glass walkout from the living room to the patio.

  6. the act of leaving a place to show that you are unhappy, or (of workers) the act of stopping work because of a disagreement with management: Some people who were unhappy with the changes staged a walkout during the meeting. The airline barely averted a walkout by flight attendants this past June.

  7. If there is a walkout during a meeting, some or all of the people attending it leave in order to show their disapproval of something that has happened at the meeting. The commission's proceedings have been wrecked by tantrums and walkouts.

  8. A walkout is a sudden strike by workers or the act of leaving a meeting as a protest. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with pictures, pronunciation and synonyms.