walk out - leave abruptly, often in protest or anger; The customer that was not served walked out go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; At what time does your train leave?; She didn't leave until midnight; The ship leaves at midnight
The Ascendant in Astrology. What are Rising Signs? Your Rising Sign, otherwise known as an Ascendant, is the Zodiac Sign that was rising on the eastern horizon at the moment you were born. It can be abbreviated on a birth chart as ASC or AS. When you know the time you were born, your Ascendant Sign can be calculated to the exact degree.
The rise of semiotics and sign theory in linguistics and literary criticism represents the emergence of a visual metaphor for discourse. Text has become the preferred word not just for discourse in general but in fact for anything that carries meaning (e.g., the textuality of clothing or the semiotics of driving).