walked out

verb

past tense of walk out
1
as in exited
to leave a place often for another we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us

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2
as in struck
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months

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Recent Examples of walked out Supermodels Carol Gracias walked out in the first look — a sherwani jacket worn over an anarkali dress, carrying a briefcase embroidered with the map of India. — CNN Money, 30 July 2026 When Lindsey walked out of the liquor store, Chaney shot him seven times at close range, prosecutors said. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Joey Garrison As Republican senators on committee hammered Fauci one after another, Democrats eventually walked out. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Miriam Adelson, the Republican mega-donor and generous supporter of Israeli causes, walked out with two aides who held her by her arms and helped her into an idling Mercedes. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 Velasquez walked out of the Tarrant County Jail after her arrest on July 20 for the murder of Irasema Chavez. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The occurrence, which led to surprised panelist Sara Haines rising to her feet, happened shortly after the Star Trek actor walked out from backstage. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 As soon as the duo walked out the door, all script pages that featured the Kardashian scene were ripped away and thrown in a trash can. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 The employee reportedly walked out from behind the counter and shoved his hand away, as briefly seen in the footage. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked out
  1. exited
  2. struck
  3. moved
  4. walked
  5. departed
  6. went
  7. got
  8. pulled out
Verb
  • To make matters worse, All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz exited the game with a left forearm contusion after he was hit by a pitch in the first inning.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Fever star center Aliyah Boston exited early with an apparent knee injury after landing awkwardly.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • The witness also reported that Richardson’s car nearly struck hers and the vehicle of another driver.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles, killing a 31-year-old man and wounding two others, the National Police press service said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of struck
Verb
  • Punk went for a moonsault, which looked sloppy, and Rhodes moved, mostly avoiding the impact.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Moon moved into Aries and your private 12th House, making quiet more useful than consensus.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The king was said to have walked the perimeter at dusk and, like Ser Criston Cole, did not wear his mail hauberk.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Lindsay Pruitt gives him a hug while checking out this week’s edition of Sip City’s Wine & Chill Wednesday, having walked the 500 steps from her front door.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Definition of walked
Verb
  • As expected, a significant chunk of key contributors from that historic 2026 team departed.
    — Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • The newlyweds, meanwhile, bounced over to Italy’s Lake Como and Florence for a mini-moon after everyone had departed.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • The interesting question is where the departing dollars went, and the answer is visible in an adjacent market.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The district went from one where Republicans have a 30-point advantage to about ten points.
    — Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Something as rudimentary as remembering the play calls as training camp got underway, was also top of mind.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • During the dispute, one of the men pulled out a gun and fired between five and 10 shots before fleeing the store, according to police.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Real Madrid, the last club standing in the effort, formally pulled out this past February.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of pulled out

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“Walked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked%20out. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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