walk away from

Idioms  

1. Survive an accident with little injury, as in They were lucky to walk away from that collision . [Second half of 1900s]

2. Refuse to deal with or become involved, abandon, as in No parent finds it easy to walk away from a child in trouble . [Second half of 1900s]

3. Outdo, outrun, or defeat with little difficulty, as in The Packers are walking away from the other teams in their division . [ Slang ] Also see walk over .

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Example Sentences

"So, when it showed up in our screens, my first instinct was to walk away from it. I thought, 'it's a known compound, it kind of looks like amphotericin, it's just another toxic molecule, not worth our time.'"

From Science Daily

When the time does come to walk away from the tour, Jones thinks she would take a "passion project" before deciding on the next stage of her life.

From BBC

“You’re sort of mentally and emotionally fulfilled by that break. But also, you walk away from it feeling like, ‘Hey, I’m not actually feeling hungry still.’”

From Salon

Djokovic also spoke for the first time publicly about his decision to walk away from the Professional Tennis Players' Association, a union-style body which he co-founded in 2020.

From BBC

The agency also said that the application lacks certain documents pertaining to the merger, including a complete description of conditions that would give Union Pacific the right to walk away from the merger, the Surface Transportation Board said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bail out
• drop out
• pull out
• quit
• retire
• withdraw