walk away
Britishverb
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to leave, esp callously and disregarding someone else's distress
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to achieve or win easily
Example Sentences
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Bill Whitaker, who joined the program in 2014 and was a Pelley ally, is said to be weighing whether to walk away from the two years left on his current contract.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The United States meanwhile voiced frustration that its preferred candidate, Italian diplomat Antonio Zanardi Landi, failed to garner consensus, and threatened to walk away from the peacekeeping body.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Read: I’m turning 50 this year and want to walk away from my $200,000 job.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The ITF defines abandonment as cases where shipowners walk away from crews, leaving them unpaid, stranded, and without essentials such as food, water or medical care.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
I plopped down on the dusty trunk and watched them walk away, Aunt Kitty in her severe gray gown, Mrs. Maroney in her fashionable scarlet one with wide skirts billowing around her.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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