walk away

walk away
verb
go away from
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The actor walked off before he got his cue

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I got annoyed and just walked off

• Syn: ↑walk off
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
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ˌwalk a ˈway [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they walk away he/she/it walks away present participle walking away past tense walked away past participle walked away] phrasal verb
to leave a place, situation, or person

Spencer turned to walk away, then stopped.

Thesaurus: general words meaning to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: walk

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easily, casually, or irresponsibly abandon a situation in which one is involved or for which one is responsible

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walk away [phrasal verb]
1 : to decide not to do or be involved in something

If you don't like the deal, you can just walk away.

— often + from

He walked away from a chance to play professional baseball to join the Peace Corps.

You can't just walk away from your responsibilities!

She is not one to walk away from a challenge.

2 walk away with (something) informal : to win (something) especially in a easy way

She walked away with the election.

He walked away with first place.

She had the winning ticket and walked away with $50,000!

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Main Entry: ↑walk

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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