walk-off

[ wawk-awf, -of ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

walk off

intr to depart suddenly
tr, adverb to get rid of by walking
to 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

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

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A back-and-forth game ended in the 10th inning at Wrigley Field as the Cubs got a walk-off win over the Dodgers.

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St. John Bosco 2, Mater Dei 1: The Braves got a walk-off bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning.

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Foothill 4, El Modena 1: Sean Green hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 10th inning.

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Birmingham 1, Chatsworth 0: The Patriots won on a walk-off from Cristian Martinez in the eighth inning.

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Warren 2, Gahr 1: Max Ruiz had the walk-off single in the seventh for Warren.

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