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
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“People will walk away, stay away or avoid political events especially if you look like me — if you look brown or Latino,” Martinez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
A growing number of commercial real estate buyers are threatening to walk away from recent transactions unless the seller offers better terms, and rapidly rising interest rates are to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, told the BBC on Wednesday that he did not want to see the club's Emirati owners walk away as a result of the case.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Even so, she would walk away with well over $800,000, plus half the home equity and our other joint assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I pocket his money and walk away from them, letting my nose lead me to the sugar shack while I rub furiously at the mocking smiles, try to make them and what they represent disappear.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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