walk out on
English edit
Verb edit
walk out on (third-person singular simple present walks out on, present participle walking out on, simple past and past participle walked out on)
- (informal, transitive) To abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse.
- 1967, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by Beatles:
- What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Translations edit
to abandon
Further reading edit
- “walk out on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.