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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'walk the plank' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions walk the plank verb  (figuratively) To be forced to resign from a position in an organization After I was caught selling company secrets, I'm not surprised they made me walk the plank. Etymology: A possibly fictional punishment practised by pirates, the victim is made to walk off the end of a plank projecting from the side of a ship, Tantamount to forcing one to commit suicide.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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