society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike > suddenly or unofficially (2)
intransitive. 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.
To go away, leave, depart. intransitive. = to walk out 3a at phrasal verbs 1 to walk out 3b at phrasal verbs 1. Also: to quit a job. Cf. also to walk…