walk away
verb- To withdraw from a problematic situation. · Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal.
- Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- To free oneself from a debt such as a mortgage by abandoning the collateral to the lender. To make a strategic default.
- To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm. · The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, away. · I took one last look at the house and walked away.
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As it was certain, however, that somebody was coming, Bingley instantly prevailed on Miss Bennet to avoid the confinement of such an intrusion, and walk away with him into the shrubbery.
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