walking away from

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.
   • He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.
2. (idiomatic) To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury.
   • This fall's 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."1965 November 12, “Auto Racing: Mr. & Mrs. Speedlove”, in Time
3. (idiomatic) To outpace effortlessly.
   • This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against.2005, Chuck E. Sanders, The Making of a Minister, page 59