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🚶‍♂️ To leave suddenly ✊ To strike
to walk out

to walk out

112 3.4
Leave a place suddenly because you are angry or protesting
  • phrasal verb
  • /wɔk aʊt/
  • Informal
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  • After the controversial decision was announced, the audience began to walk out of the theater.
  • walk out of the room
  • walk out the door

They lose the job, the spouse walks out, they lose some money.

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Examples

  • Do you really think I am gonna let you walk out of here.

    Stalker (2010)

  • You'll walk out of here in half an hour a free man.

    Knox Goes Away (2024)

  • And when I walk out, I feel better.

  • So we walk out and now we're out.

  • We're walking out of here fast.

    The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

  • You walked out on your wife and kids for a year.

    The Lilac Thief (2019)

  • "Thank you," he said, then he walked out of the house with his daughter.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • We make eye contact and the family just walks out and drives away.

  • So when you walk out of there, you're walking out at great risk.

  • You're gonna walk out on me?

    Donnie Brasco (1997)

Synonyms

to leave
vsto walk out
∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

is used when departure implies protest or anger rather than a general exit
to get out
vsto walk out
∞ 1.0

Leave a place or situation

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than a simple exit
to get out of here
vsto walk out
  • Informal
∞ 3.0

Leave a place quickly or suddenly

is used when departure is an angry protest rather than only a quick exit
to go out
vsto walk out
∞ 1.0

Leave a place to do a task, for example to help people

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than for activity
to walk away
vsto walk out
632 3.5

Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore

is used when departure shows anger or protest rather than calm detachment
to walk out of
vsto walk out
  • Informal
164 3.1

To leave a meeting or event suddenly to show you disagree

is the common choice when departure expresses anger or protest
outta here
vsto walk out
  • Informal
156 9.9

To leave a place quickly, often suddenly

is used when departure expresses anger or protest, not just a casual exit
to run out
vsto walk out
78 2.0

Leave a place suddenly, often to avoid someone or something

is used when departure shows anger or protest rather than avoidance
to up and leave
vsto walk out
  • Informal
41 6.3

Go away suddenly without warning or explanation

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than only suddenness
to walk off
vsto walk out
  • Informal
37 3.5

To leave a place suddenly to show you are angry or upset

is used when departure aims to protest or refuse rather than just annoy
to take a hike
vsto walk out
  • Informal
37 8.1

Tell someone to leave in a rude way

is used when departure expresses protest or refusal rather than an order
to skip out
vsto walk out
  • Informal
22 7.2

To leave without telling anyone to avoid a duty or responsibility

is used when departure expresses protest or anger rather than evading duty
to push off
vsto walk out
  • Informal
14 6.8

Leave a place or start a journey

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than a casual exit
to shove off
vsto walk out
  • Informal
12 7.7

Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way

is used when departure signals protest or organized refusal rather than rudeness
to storm off
vsto walk out
  • Informal
11 4.5

Leave a place quickly because you are angry

is used when departure often signals planned protest rather than only anger
to hop out
vsto walk out
  • Informal
11 2.8

To get out of a vehicle or place quickly with a small jump

is used when departure expresses protest or anger rather than energetic movement
to bolt out
vsto walk out
  • Informal
5 4.9

Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than fear or surprise
to bolt from
vsto walk out
  • Informal
5 5.8

To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly

is used when departure is protest or anger rather than escape from danger
to bug-out
vsto walk out
  • Slang
3 8.2

To leave a place quickly to escape danger

is used when departure expresses protest or anger rather than escaping danger
to rush away
vsto walk out
2 2.5

Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry

is used when departure shows anger or protest rather than speed or haste
to dip out
vsto walk out
  • Informal
1 9.1

To leave a place quietly or suddenly without telling others

is used when departure is public protest or anger rather than quiet avoidance
to blow this popsicle stand
vsto walk out
  • Informal
1 9.9

To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there

is used when departure expresses protest or refusal rather than simple dislike
to pop off
vsto walk out
  • UK
1 7.9

To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye

is used when departure shows anger or protest rather than mere suddenness
to leave with a huff
vsto walk out
  • Informal
7.8

To walk out suddenly while showing anger

is used when departure expresses protest or refusal rather than mere annoyance
to cut his stick
vsto walk out
  • UK
9.9

To leave a place quickly, often to avoid trouble

is used when departure shows protest or anger rather than mere abruptness
to go offski
vsto walk out
  • Slang
9.9

To leave a place suddenly, usually to go somewhere else

is used when departure expresses anger or protest rather than eagerness
to take your hook
vsto walk out
  • Archaic
9.9

Leave a place quickly because you are not welcome

is used when departure expresses protest or anger rather than mere abruptness

Antonyms

to stay
∞ 1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

How Abrupt

to storm off
  • Informal
11 4.5
to walk out
  • Informal
112 3.4
to slip out
39 3.8
to exit
125 1.0

Surface Forms

walk out infinitive
walked out past
walked out past participle
walking out present participle
walks out third person singular

Morphology

walk + out

The core idea of leaving is directly derivable from 'walk' (move on foot) + 'out' (away/exit), so a learner who knows both words would likely infer that 'walk out' involves leaving. However, the specific workplace/protest sense — stopping work and leaving as a form of protest — is a pragmatic extension of ‘leave’ that is not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so it requires some exposure.

Etymology

The expression walk out comes from the image of someone standing up and walking 'out' of a room in anger or shock. That's why it means 'to leave a place suddenly'.