walk-off

American  

[wawk-awf, -of] / ˈwɔkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

noun

Informal.

1. 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.

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walk off British  

verb

1. (intr) to depart suddenly

2. (tr, adverb) to get rid of by walking

   to walk off an attack of depression

3. to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted

4. 1. to steal

   2. to win, esp easily

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Etymology

Origin of walk-off

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

Example Sentences

They scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh, winning it on Carson Richter’s two-run walk-off double.

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For the second consecutive game, Orange Lutheran received a walk-off hit, this time in the seventh inning, to send the Lancers into Saturday’s championship game of the National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C.

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Servite 5, Santa Margarita 4: The Friars scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie and pulled out victory in the ninth on a walk-off hit by Jaden Liu.

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Hart 3, Ventura 2: Jaiden Chan had the walk-off hit for Hart.

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Garden Grove Pacifica 6, Eastvale Roosevelt 5: The Mariners got a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh from Jenna Valladares.

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