walk off the/one's job

idiom

chiefly US, informal

: to stop working and go on strike

Teachers walked off the job today.

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Whether truckers walk off the job on Thursday is still up in the air, but the port also may have to endure concerns of another cyclone that is set to hit the coasts of Bangladesh and eastern India late Thursday. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Dockworkers at the Port of Savannah joined more than 40,000 others from Maine to Texas to walk off the job to strike. —

Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 Here’s what to know The strike mirrors a similar — but much more devastating — situation developing in the U.S., where thousands of longshoremen are poised to walk off the job Tuesday. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024 Tens of thousands of dockworkers are set to walk off the job Tuesday morning. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for walk off the/one's job

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