walk out

1. 1.

   stop work in order to press demands

   “The auto workers are striking for higher wages”

   “The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met”

   Synonymsstrike

   Broaderprotest
2. 2.

   leave abruptly, often in protest or anger

   “The customer that was not served walked out”

   Broaderleave
3. 3.

   leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval

   “She walked out on her husband and children”

   Broaderabandon

Questions about walk out

What does walk out mean?

walk out means "stop work in order to press demands". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for walk out?

Close synonyms include strike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walk out a common word?

walk out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.