walk away | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To withdraw from a problematic situation.Company lawyers told him towalk awayfrom the deal.2022September 21, Chris Green tells Nick Brodrick, “It's absolutely my favourite train”, inRAIL, number966, page35:Green adds: "Luckily, nobody didwalk away. Railtrack stayed with it, so did the government, so did the Strategic Rail Authority.2025June 11, Stuart Heritage, “‘Please walk away from Harry Potter’: why the stars of HBO’s new TV show are in for decades of social media hell”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN: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: Pleasewalk awayfrom Harry Potter.”; (intransitive,colloquial,euphemistic)Of an object, to gomissingor bestolen.(Can we add anexamplefor this sense?); To free oneself from a debt such as amortgageby abandoning thecollateralto the lender. To make astrategic default.; (idiomatic)To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.The football teamwalked awaywith a 1-0 victory.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seewalk,‎away.I took one last look at the house andwalked away.2012,BioWare,Mass Effect 3(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:Shepard: Mordin,walk away.Mordin: Can't do that, Shepard.Shepard: I don't have a choice here.Walk away, or I will fire.

Examples:

EN: No, I'm the one who should walk away.
ES: No, no, soy yo quien debe marcharse.
EN: Do you imagine you're just going to walk away from me like this?
ES: ¿ Crees que vas a alejarte de mí así como así?
EN: They are abandoned children whom the women of Las Hurdes bring back from Public Assistance in Cuidad Rodrigo a two-day walk away across the hills.
ES: Se trata de niños abandonados que las mujeres de Las Hurdes van a buscar a la Asistencia pública de Ciudad Rodrigo, situada a dos días de marcha a través de la montaña.
EN: You think I built this racket up for seven years to let you guys walk away with it?
ES: ¿Me llevó siete años crear este negocio para qué tú me lo liquides?
EN: Shoes don't walk away.
ES: Los zapatos no caminan solos.
EN: Why, it's a walk away for both of us.
ES: Es fácil y ninguno saldrá perjudicado.
EN: He'll walk away with it at ten to one.
ES: Ganará diez a uno.
EN: The pearls couldn't just get up and walk away.
ES: Pues las perlas no pueden andar.
EN: If you don't walk away from me, I'll hit you with this!
ES: ¡Si no te alejas de mí, te doy en el coco con esto!
EN: You got a big story right under your nose, and you let it walk away from you.
ES: Tienes un notición delante de tus narices y lo dejaste escapar.
EN: My nice, fresh salami. She no walk away.
ES: Mi fresco salame no pudo irse caminando.
EN: We're gonna enter her in the Brewster Handicap and walk away with it.
ES: Vamos a introducirla en el Brewster Handicap y vete con él.
EN: Seems every time we ask a question, folks either shut up... or walk away like they'd never heard us.
ES: Siempre que hacemos una pregunta, la gente no habla... o nos ignora como si no nos conociera.
EN: Lorraine, you mustn't walk away when I'm talking to you.
ES: Lorraine, no te vayas cuando te estoy hablando.
EN: You'll walk away with the show.
ES: Vais a triunfar.

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