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ˈwalk-off
[f. vbl. phr. to walk off: walk v.1 8 c.]
An act of walking off: a. From a stage.
1936N. Coward Red Peppers in To-night at 8.30 I. 85 Their exit consists of a neat walk off together, one behind the other, with their telescopes under their arms. 1970Time 5 Jan. 51 The walk-off is the bittersweet image by which..Chaplin wishes to be remembered.
b. From a ship, sports field, etc. Cf. walk-out n. 1.
1951Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 13 June 5/1 (heading) Walkoff grows at new atomic plant. 1960Daily Tel. 28 July 1/8, 2 liner crews return after walk-off. 1971Guardian Weekly 10 Apr. 6 The 22 Springbok cricketers who held a walk-off at Newlands Ground here yesterday in protest against apartheid in cricket. |