walkaway

[ wawk-uh-wey ]
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noun
  1. an easy victory or conquest.

  2. a patient or inmate who escapes from an institution by walking away when not being supervised or guarded.

Origin of walkaway

1
First recorded in 1885–90; noun use of verb phrase walk away

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How to use walkaway in a sentence

  • Men are tapped on the shoulder by a civil gentleman in a sack suit, and walk away with him, never to be seen again.

    The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • On her saying she could, request her to pass her arm round the leg of the table or piano, join her hands, and walk away.

  • She is full half again as big as we, and she would sail around us a dozen times and then walk away from us without half-trying.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • Hollister saw him go about selecting tools, shoulder them and walk away to work in the timber.

    The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • When he called at the studio this morning I felt proud to walk away with him.

    Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers

British Dictionary definitions for walk away

walk away

verb(intr, adverb)
  1. to leave, esp callously and disregarding someone else's distress

  2. walk away with to achieve or win easily

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