walk out on

English

Verb

walk out on (third-person singular simple present walks out on, present participle walking out on, simple past and past participle walked out on)

1. (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

to abandon

• Hungarian: otthagy (hu), elhagy (hu), szakít (hu)
• Italian: abbandonare (it)
• Polish: porzucić (pl)
• Russian: броса́ть (ru) impf (brosátʹ), бро́сить (ru) pf (brósitʹ), покида́ть (ru) impf (pokidátʹ), поки́нуть (ru) pf (pokínutʹ)
• Swedish: överge (sv)

Further reading

• “walk out on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.