walk out on

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wawk out on, awn]
- /wɔk aʊt ɒn, ɔn/
- /wɔːk ˈaʊt ɒn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawk out on, awn]
- /wɔk aʊt ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of walk out on words

verb without object walk out on to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion. 1
verb without object walk out on to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch. 1
verb without object walk out on (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk. 1
verb without object walk out on Baseball. to receive a base on balls. 1
verb without object walk out on Slang. to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise. to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn't present his case well, the murderer may walk. 1
verb without object walk out on to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night. 1

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Origin of walk out on

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; (v.) Middle English walken, Old English wealcan to roll, toss, gewealcan to go; cognate with Dutch, German walken to full (cloth), Old Norse vālka to toss; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Walk out on

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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walk out on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for walk out on

verb walk out on

abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
bolt — A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.

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