Meaning of walk away from | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.
   idiomatic
2. To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury.
   idiomatic
3. To outpace effortlessly.
   idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

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