Definition
To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.
To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury.
To outpace effortlessly.
In Context
- "He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss."
- "If you walk away from this offer you will live to regret it."
- "If I walk away from you I'd be the one to hurt"
- "When John Lithgow was announced as Dumbledore, he revealed that a friend had sent him a link to an article entitled: “An open letter to John Lithgow: Please walk away from Harry Potter.”"
- "This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. and walked away from the wreck muttering: "I thought I had stopped.""
- "This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against."