walk away with
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You might walk away with an entirely different message.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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
“One lawyer estimated that my brother and I would each walk away with a couple hundred thousand dollars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
One lawyer estimated that my brother and I would each walk away with a couple hundred thousand dollars from a $1.5 million house.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
There had been a fierce auction and they’d been thrilled to walk away with it for fifty thousand—really a bargain.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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