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walk out

(STOP WORK) phrasal verb with walk
 
/wɔːk/
 
US  /wɑːk/ verb

Definition

to stop working or leave your job because of a disagreement with your employer: Workers are threatening to walk out. → See also walkoutIndustrial action
(Definition of walk out (STOP WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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