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walk-off
[wawk-awf, -of]
noun
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
verb
(intr) to depart suddenly
(tr, adverb) to get rid of by walking
to walk off an attack of depression
to make someone walk so fast or far that he or she is exhausted
to steal
to win, esp easily
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of walk-off1
Example Sentences
To begin a visit to check on LA28’s planning progress, the IOC coordination commission attended a game at Dodger Stadium and watched Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning to defeat the New York Mets in the same stadium that will host Olympic baseball in three years.
Instead, the Braves notched their 19th consecutive win, 30th in 34 games and capped an historic campaign, which included a 3-2 walk-off victory over Santa Margarita to capture the program’s first Southern Section crown May 30 after losing to Beckman 2-1 in eight innings in the Division 3 title game last season.
El Modena 8, Poway 6: Parker Mayes hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in the Division I semifinal.
Angelo Duarte had a walk-off single in the seventh.
Freddie Freeman was a World Series hero for the Dodgers in 2024, hitting a walk-off grand slam to win Game 1 against the New York Yankees.
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