WALK OUT OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walk out of mean? 

• WALK OUT OF (verb)
  The verb WALK OUT OF has 1 sense:

1. leave, usually as an expression of disapproval

  Familiarity information: WALK OUT OF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALK OUT OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave, usually as an expression of disapproval

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "walk out of" is one way to...):

depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“I’ll trouble you to walk out of my house, sir,” said he.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They all looked exceedingly foolish; and Edward seemed to have as great an inclination to walk out of the room again, as to advance farther into it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I shall tell him I've made up my mind, and shall walk out of the room with dignity.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

That is clear enough; but what is not so clear is why at sight of us one of the rogues should instantly walk out of the room and hang himself.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh! Do not say Miss Tilney was not angry, cried Catherine, because I know she was; for she would not see me this morning when I called; I saw her walk out of the house the next minute after my leaving it; I was hurt, but I was not affronted.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)