walk out
(STOP WORK) — phrasal verb with walk /wɔːk/
/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
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walk off with sth phrasal verb (STEAL)
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walk off with sth phrasal verb (WIN)
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walk on air idiom
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walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
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walk out phrasal verb (LEAVE)
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walk right into sth idiom
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walk sb through sth phrasal verb
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walk sth off phrasal verb
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walk verb (DO EASILY)
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walk verb (MOVE ON FOOT)
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackleg noun
- cooling-off period noun
- demarcation dispute noun
- direct action noun
- down tools idiom
- job action noun
- lightning strike noun
- lock sb out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- picket line noun
- picket noun
- strike noun (STOP WORK)
- strike pay noun
- strike verb (STOP WORK)
- strikebound adjective
- strikebreaker noun
- striker noun (STOP WORK)
- sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
- walkout noun
- wildcat strike noun
- work-to-rule noun
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