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单词 walk-off
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walk-off

[ wawk-awf, -of ]
/ ˈwɔkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

noun Informal.

a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm.

Origin of walk-off

First recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase walk off

Words nearby walk-off

walking ticket, walking wounded, walk-in refrigerator, walk into, Walkman, walk-off, walk off with, walk of life, walk of shame, walk-on, walk on air
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Example sentences from the Web for walk-off

  • Said pimp and Nick Cannon have a Zoolander style “walk-off” to prove who is sexiest.

    Kanye West, John Legend & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Victoria Kezra|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • After a few ridiculous barbs, Zoolander flexes his ego, challenging Hansel to a “walk-off.”

    Billy Zane Opens Up About ‘Titanic,’ ‘Zoolander,’ and the Lost Decade|Marlow Stern|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • It was the first time the baseball season ended in a walk-off home run and the only time ever in the seventh game.

    Bing Crosby's Secret Baseball Tapes|Allen Barra|December 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • His name was Walk-off, and his object was the annexation of fish for Muscovite consumption.

    Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland|Daniel Turner Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for walk-off

walk off

verb

(intr) to depart suddenly
(tr, adverb) to get rid of by walkingto walk off an attack of depression
walk a person off his feet to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted
walk off with
  1. to steal
  2. to win, esp easily
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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