walk away

Definition of walk away in English English dictionary: To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm
The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory.; To withdraw from a problematic situation
Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal.; To defeat someone or achieve something; go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off"; To take and maintain a position in a stock after going to the floor to consummate a trade Antithesis of trade me out, buy them back; Used for listed equity securities To take and maintain a position in a stock after going to the floor to consummate a trade Antithesis of trade me out, buy them back; If you walk away from a problem or a difficult situation, you do nothing about it or do not face any bad consequences from it. The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem No one knows you're a part of this. You can just walk away
walk away from: To abandon or leave; to shun
He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.
walk away from: To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury
This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. and walked away from the wreck muttering: I thought I had stopped..
walk away from: distance oneself from -; leave in peace; win easily
walk away with: If you walk away with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. Enter our competition and you could walk away with £10,000. = walk off with
walkaway: An easy victory; a walkover
walkaway: an easy victory = walkover
walkaway: an easy victory
walkaway: {i} easy victory (Slang)

walk away

Hyphenation

walk a·way

Turkish pronunciation

wôk ıwey

Pronunciation

/ˈwôk əˈwā/ /ˈwɔːk əˈweɪ/

Etymology

[ 'wok ] (verb.) before 12th century. partly from Middle English walken , from Old English wealcan to roll, toss, journey about and partly from Middle English walkien , from Old English wealcian to roll up, muffle up; akin to Middle Dutch walken to knead, press, full.