"walk out on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: walks out on [present, singular, third-person], walking out on [participle, present], walked out on [participle, past], walked out on [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to abandon): otthagy (Hungarian), elhagy (Hungarian), szakít (Hungarian), abbandonare (Italian), porzucić (Polish), броса́ть (brosátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бро́сить (brósitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), покида́ть (pokidátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поки́нуть (pokínutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), överge (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to abandon",
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