walk away with
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Two heirs can inherit equal gross amounts and walk away with very different net outcomes depending on which assets they receive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
And that’s the truth I walk away with.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Becca expects to inherit a significant amount of property from her parents, which she wants to protect, so in the event of a split, each will walk away with what they started with.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“So to have peers that share a similar upbringing as you — you walk away with a friendship most of the time because you have stuff in common.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some days, shelves at the commissary were bare long before day's end, leaving hundreds to walk away with nothing.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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