walkaway
Americannoun
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an easy victory or conquest.
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a patient or inmate who escapes from an institution by walking away when not being supervised or guarded.
Etymology
Origin of walkaway
First recorded in 1885–90; noun use of verb phrase walk away
Example Sentences
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This week’s outcome, if it holds, is a poor cousin even to the simpler walkaway option.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Alas, there was no joy in Dudville: Marshall lost in a walkaway, 17-4.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
The collapse his novel describes is eased not by state action or the marketplace but by a walkaway network driven by the gift economy, a model anthropologists think dates to prehistory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
Buchanan won in a walkaway, but his presidency was a disaster from the beginning.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2016
Mr. Whatley thought that the Salvation Army was having a kind of walkaway, so he slipped out at the back door of the ranch, put Esau into his own wagon and drove away to town.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
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