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walking away

walking away is the present participle and gerund of walk away.

Meaning of walk 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.

Questions about walking away

What is walking away the present participle and gerund of?
Walking away is the present participle and gerund of walk away.

Words near walking away in the dictionary

  1. walking advertisements
  2. walking adverts
  3. walking all over
  4. walking and chewing gum at the same time
  5. walking around
  6. walking away
  7. walking away from
  8. walking away with
  9. walking back
  10. walking back the cat
  11. walking bass

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