walked away

Verb

walk away (third-person singular simple present walks away, present participle walking away, simple past and past participle walked away)

1. (idiomatic) To withdraw from a problematic situation.
   • Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal.
2. (colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
3. To free oneself from a debt such as a mortgage by abandoning the collateral to the lender. To make a strategic default.
4. (idiomatic) To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.
   • The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, away.
   • I took one last look at the house and walked away.