WALK OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walk off mean? 

• WALK OFF (verb)
  The verb WALK OFF has 2 senses:

1. take without permission

2. go away from

  Familiarity information: WALK OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALK OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take without permission

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The thief walked off with my gold watch

Hypernyms (to "walk off" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go away from

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

walk away; walk off

Context example:

I got annoyed and just walked off

Hypernyms (to "walk off" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I'll say good-by and walk off casual-like. If he wants to stay, he can stay. If he wants to come with me, let 'm come.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“And break it out, and walk off with it for a hundred yards,” John Thornton said coolly.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“And break it out? and walk off with it for a hundred yards?” demanded Matthewson, a Bonanza King, he of the seven hundred vaunt.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

At the end of half an hour one man stated that his dog could start a sled with five hundred pounds and walk off with it; a second bragged six hundred for his dog; and a third, seven hundred.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)