walk off the/your job

walk off the/your job
walk off the/your job — see walk, 1
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Main Entry:job
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walk off the/your job
chiefly US informal : to stop working and go on strike

Teachers walked off the job today.

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Main Entry:walk

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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