walk out

— Phrasal Verb with walk

/wɔːk/ verb [I or T]

Definition

› HR, WORKPLACE to refuse to continue working and leave your office, factory, etc. to show your employer that you are unhappy about something: Workers are threatening to walk out over pay.

walk out of sth › to leave a room, meeting, etc. to show that you are not happy about something: Several people walked out of the meeting.

(Definition of walk out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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