Walk Off With

Pronunciation: /wɔk ɔf wɪð/

Definitions of walk off with

verb To steal or take something without permission or by force.

Example Sentences

A1 She walked off with my pen.

A2 The thief walked off with the valuable painting.

B1 I can't believe he walked off with all the credit for our project.

B2 The actor walked off with the Best Actor award at the ceremony.

C1 The talented artist walked off with multiple awards for her stunning work.

C2 The team walked off with the championship trophy after a hard-fought season.

Examples of walk off with in a Sentence

formal The thief attempted to walk off with the valuable painting from the museum.

informal I saw someone trying to walk off with your bag when you weren't looking.

slang She thought she could just walk off with my phone, but I caught her red-handed.

figurative You can't just walk off with all the credit for this project when we all worked on it together.

Grammatical Forms of walk off with

• past tense: walked off with
• plural: walk off with
• comparative: walk off with
• superlative: walk off with
• present tense: walk off with
• future tense: will walk off with
• perfect tense: have walked off with
• continuous tense: walking off with
• singular: walk off with
• positive degree: walk off with
• infinitive: to walk off with
• gerund: walking off with
• participle: walked off with

Origin and Evolution of walk off with

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The phrase 'walk off with' originated from the combination of the words 'walk' and 'off' to indicate taking something away by walking away with it.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in a literal sense to describe physically walking away with something, the phrase has evolved to also convey a sense of winning or stealing something in a figurative sense.