单词 | to walk out |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk out to walk out 1. intransitive. See sense 11. 2. intransitive. To court, ‘keep company’, with a view to marriage. Frequently with together, with. Cf. sense 20 and to step out 6 at step v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] > walk out with person as lover to walk out1827 to step out1936 1827 A. Moore Let. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 303 [He] has requested to let him have the supreme pleasure of walking out with her. I fear the poor little fellow is pretty far gone, if I may judge from the frequency of his visits. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxv. 36 When Rose and I walk out together. 1905 J. K. Jerome Idle Ideas xx ‘You are not engaged, I 'ope?’ ‘Walking out, ma'am, do you mean?’ says Emma. 1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds ii. 86 A policewoman who used to walk out with my brother Fred once said to me, ‘Long winter evenings and cosy cricket-talks round the fire—that's my idea of a happy marriage’. 1984 A. N. Wilson Hilaire Belloc (1986) ii. 46 Marie was walking out with a young Times journalist called Freddie. 3. intransitive. a. Originally Theatre. To leave a gathering or place without warning; (also) to withdraw from an agreement or arrangement, esp. in protest or disapproval. Also figurative. Occasionally with on. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > in protest or disapproval to walk out1840 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > express disapproval by walking out to walk out1840 1840 W. C. Macready Diary 19 Feb. (1912) II. 45 Very much disgusted and irritated by Mr Elton walking out in the last scene. 1896 Typographical Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 9 232 The Review, Republican daily, ‘walked out’ on the St. Louis platform. 1897 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 10/3 New York did not take kindly to his new play... I am delighted to find, on the assurance of the author, that though New York ‘walked out’, Washington ‘walked in’ and received it warmly. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration vi. 55 Suicide..may be represented very attractively as a proud and passionate refusal to drink the cup to the dregs. You ‘walk out’ as they say in the film world. 1937 M. Levin in A. Cooke Garbo & Night Watchmen 124 I rarely walk out on a picture, and never want to walk out on a simple programme picture. 1953 Sun (Baltimore) 31 Aug. (B ed.) 14/3 The Southern Conference digs in Tuesday for its first football practice since seven of its greatest powers walked out to form a league of their own. 1969 H. Perkin Key Profession iii. 103 The A.U.T. delegates to the International Conference walked out the day before Hitler arrived. 1981 O. Chadwick Popes & European Revol. ii. v. 386 Parts of the text were so offensive to the Pope that a few of the audience walked out. 2004 New Yorker 31 May 51/3 But the dispositive fact of Camp Davis is this: Barak made an offer, and Arafat walked out without making a counter-offer. b. Originally U.S. Of an employee: to leave a place of work at short notice as a form of industrial action; to go on strike. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike > suddenly or unofficially to walk out1881 walk1976 1881 Printer’s Bull. 20 Aug. 1/1 There were, after the ‘walk-out’..several compositors in the employ of the Republican who..were members of the Union. 1894 W. H. Carwardine Pullman Strike iv. 37 The men passed the word from one to another to ‘walk out’, which they did orderly and deliberately. 1937 Irish Press 11 Feb. 1/2 (caption) Photo shows the nursing and boiler house staffs ‘walking out’. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) v. 95 Gas workers were about to walk out, and hamstring home cooking to a certain extent. 1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 28 Get the..heaters on pronto, or the staff'll be walking out. c. To desert a partner, esp. a spouse. Chiefly with on. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert or deny a person forsakea1300 refusec1350 nitec1390 swerve1390 relinquish1472 relinque1483 renounce1582 to fling off1587 derelicta1631 relapse1633 plant1743 to throw over1835 chuck up (the sponge)1878 ditch1899 ruck1903 to run out on1912 to walk out1921 squib1938 1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie xii. 127 ‘Has she walked out on you?’ ‘Left us flat!’ 1937 Sunday Times 2 May 7/4 Father Donelly..is a fairy godfather to her after she has walked out on her guardians. 1962 New Statesman 7 Dec. 829/1 What surprises is the famous malleability of the two women: did neither one dream of walking out? 1995 Minnesota Monthly Jan. 132/2 Someone who was supposed to love her walked out on her. 4. intransitive. Of a soldier: to leave base on pass when off duty.Cf. walking out n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be on leave > of a soldier: go into town on pass to walk out1857 1857 S. F. Holbrook Threescore Years xi. 254 While Weems was walking out in undress uniform, having on a white jacket and white pantaloons..he met Captain H—l. 1918 A. Mills My Story 46 As was his habit when walking out, General Scott wore all the gaudy uniform to which he was entitled. 1955 Times 27 July 5/1 In Western Command..young soldiers are now forbidden to ‘walk out’ when off duty in plain clothes of unorthodox pattern. 1998 T. Geraghty Irish War (2000) i. iii. 40 On 10 March, three young Scottish soldiers of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, one aged seventeen, were ‘walking out’, off-duty, in civilian clothes and unarmed. < as lemmas |
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