walk away
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To withdraw from a problematic situation.
verb
To free oneself from a debt such as a mortgage by abandoning the collateral to the lender. To make a strategic default.
verb
To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, away.
Example Sentences
- "Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal."
- "Green adds: "Luckily, nobody did walk away. Railtrack stayed with it, so did the government, so did the Strategic Rail Authority."
- "When John Lithgow was announced as Dumbledore, he revealed that a friend had sent him a link to an article entitled: “An open letter to John Lithgow: Please walk away from Harry Potter.”"
- "The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory."
- "I took one last look at the house and walked away."
- "Shepard: Mordin, walk away. Mordin: Can't do that, Shepard. Shepard: I don't have a choice here. Walk away, or I will fire."