walk away from | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toabandonorleave; toshun; torefuse.He decided towalk away fromhis job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.If youwalk away fromthis offer you will live to regret it.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 away fromHarry Potter.”; (idiomatic)Toescape(amishap,accident, etc.) withminimalor noinjury.1965November 12, “Auto Racing: Mr. & Mrs. Speedlove”, inTime:This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. andwalked away fromthe wreck muttering: "I thought I had stopped."; (idiomatic)Tooutpaceeffortlessly.2005, Chuck E. Sanders,The Making of a Minister, page59:This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would runlike a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that wouldwalk away fromevery car I came against.

Examples:

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: 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: If you want to leave a chair, you get up and walk away from it. Try and get away from me.
ES: Es más fácil alejarse de una silla que de mí.
EN: All I know is a man would have to be insane to walk away from this now.
ES: Un hombre tendría que estar loco para dejar pasar esto de largo.
EN: If you want to walk away from here, tell me if it's the same car I think it was.
ES: Si quiere salir vivo de aquí, dígame si es el mismo auto que yo creo que es.
EN: You knew you could walk away from that kind of accident. That's it...
ES: Sabía que no le pasaría nada en un accidente así.
EN: Well, if you're a fighter, you can't walk away from a fight.
ES: Un luchador no puede abandonar la pelea.
EN: You can walk away from this And never give it another thought.
ES: Puedes retirarte de esto y jamás volver a pensar en ello.
EN: How much do you want to walk away from this matter?
ES: ¿Y usted? ¿Cuánto quiere para dejarse de ocupar de este asunto?
EN: If I walk away from this, what will that lifetime be like?
ES: Si huyo de esto, ¿cómo será mi vida?
EN: We're gonna walk away from this thing yet!
ES: tenemos que caminar lejos ¡de aqui todavía!
EN: Always walk away from a cold game.
ES: Apártate siempre del juego frío!
EN: You don't walk away from a thing like that, not till you know it's hopeless.
ES: No puedo abandonar algo así, no mientras sepa que hay esperanza.
EN: No one can walk away from this one.
ES: Nadie podría salir andando de este.

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