walk away from

walk away from
a) To abandon or leave; to shun.

He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.

b) To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury.

This falls 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."


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