• Walk-off

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    Full definition of walk-off

    Adjective

    walk-off

    1. (baseball, of a hit) That drives in a run that ends a game.Scott Podsednik hit the twelfth walk-off home run in World Series history on October 23rd, 2005.

    Noun

    walk-off

    (plural walk-offs)
    1. A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligence or distraction of guards.
    2. A walkout.
    3. (baseball) Any event or action in the bottom of the last inning of a game that scores a run and thereby ends the game with a victory to the team at bat.
      • 2010, May 27, Brewers overcome errors in walk-off win, It was the Brewers' first walk-off walk since May 4, 2005, when Damien Miller drew a walk to win the game, 4-3, at home over the Cubs.
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