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
Example Sentences
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Guardiola's current deal expires at the end of the next season, and the football industry is awash with speculation he is preparing to walk away.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“Are people just supposed to walk away from their consoles,” Bell asked, “and let these orbiters around other planets or rovers on other worlds — just let them die?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Tehran has financial offramps that allow it to wait, to hedge, and to walk away from a deal it finds unfavorable.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
“If we liked something, we couldn’t walk away and think about it,” Daymen said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
At that speed, they were going fast enough to pass the castle that’d been several days’ walk away in less than a second.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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