walking off with

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To steal, especially by surreptitiously removing an unguarded item.
   • While Mike Donovan was engaged in his contest with Paul, his companion had quietly walked off with the shirt.1871, Horatio Alger, chapter 12, in Paul the Peddler

   Synonyms:

   abscond with, pilfer, thieve

2. (idiomatic) To win, as in a contest and especially without significant effort.
   • Last week in Cleveland, Harry Hopman's Aussies walked off with tennis' top trophy, the Davis Cup.1964 October 9, “Tennis: A 12th for Harry”, in Time
3. (idiomatic, performing arts) To make the strongest favorable impression in a theatrical or similar performance, in comparison to other performers.
   • But kindliness does not prevent elegant Actor Woolley from walking off with the picture against the trying competition of six scene-stealing children.1942, "Cinema: New Picture" (film review of The Pied Piper), Time, 10 Aug.

   Synonyms:

   steal the show