walk\ out

walk\ out
v
1. To go on strike.

When the company would not give them higher pay, the workers walked out.

2. To leave suddenly; especially to desert.

He didn't say he wasn't coming back; he just walked out.

- Often used informally with "on".

The man walked out on his wife and children.

Compare: leave flat, leave in the lurch

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