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Walkover
Automatic victory by a contestant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with walk-on (sports).
This article is about winning contests by default. For other uses, see Walkover (disambiguation).
A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player etc, if there are no other players available, or they have been disqualified,[1] because the other contestants have forfeited[2] or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport, elections or other contexts where a victory can be achieved by default. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829.[2] In competitive rowing, it is known as a "row over", and may involve rowing the course.
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