walkout

noun4

1. •
   A sudden stoppage of work.

   • Despite DoRA [Defence of the Realm Act] being waved about once again, walk-outs did take place on parts of the Great Western Railway in September 1918 - this time predominantly among NUR members. — 2020
2. •
   A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.

   • Many people agreed this play did not belong in the festival: this tied with House on Mayhem Street for most walkouts, and was the subject of much angry discussion afterwards. — 1986
3. •
   A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.
4. •
   Synonym of ringwalk (“fighter's glamorous entrance into the ring”).