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walk away

verb

  1. to leave, esp callously and disregarding someone else's distress
  2. walk away with
    to achieve or win easily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And everyone walks away knowing not just more about how their bodies work, but also discovering that there's a flavor industry, I think, is really surprising to people.

From Salon

Meanwhile, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen described the announcement as something to "celebrate" but warned "we need to make sure the government doesn't walk away from this now and assume its job is done".

From BBC

"It was weird because we all knew it was the end of The Beatles but we couldn't just walk away."

From BBC

Somebody comes for football, you might walk away.

From Salon

Half an hour's walk away from the daylight protest, a small army of cleaners were trying to scrub off graffiti from a wall in front of the Georgian parliament.

From BBC

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