walk out on someone

walk out on someone
DESERT, abandon, leave, betray, throw over, jilt, run out on, rat on; informal chuck, dump, ditch.
walk

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  • walk out on someone — walk out on (someone/something) to suddenly end your relationship with someone or something. She walked out on her husband and two children after 12 years of marriage. Why would anyone walk out on a seven year contract that includes a share of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • walk out with someone — accompany someone outside …   English contemporary dictionary

  • walk out on something — walk out on (someone/something) to suddenly end your relationship with someone or something. She walked out on her husband and two children after 12 years of marriage. Why would anyone walk out on a seven year contract that includes a share of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • walk out on — (someone/something) to suddenly end your relationship with someone or something. She walked out on her husband and two children after 12 years of marriage. Why would anyone walk out on a seven year contract that includes a share of the profits? …   New idioms dictionary

  • walk out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you walk out of a meeting, a performance, or an unpleasant situation, you leave it suddenly, usually in order to show that you are angry or bored. [V P of n] Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest... [V… …   English dictionary

  • walk out on sth — UK US walk out on sth Phrasal Verb with walk({{}}/wɔːk/ verb [I or T] ► if someone walks out on a job, etc., they leave before finishing it because they are not happy about something: »Workers who walked out on the job could be sacked for breach… …   Financial and business terms

  • walk out on — verb to abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse …   Wiktionary

  • walk — 1. n. something easy. (Always with a in this sense. See also cakewalk; sleepwalk.) □ That game was a walk! □ What a walk! I’ve never had such an easy time of it! 2. in. to walk out on someone. □ They had a big fight …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • walk — [wôk] vi. [ME walken < OE wealcan, to roll, journey, akin to Ger walken, Frank * walken, to full (cloth), stamp < IE * wolg < base * wel , to turn, roll > L volvere, to roll, Gr eilyein, to roll up, wrap] 1. to go along or move about… …   English World dictionary

  • walk — ► VERB 1) move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn. 2) travel over (a route or area) on foot. 3) guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot. 4) take (a dog) out for exercise. 5) N. Amer. informal be… …   English terms dictionary

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