Synonyms of walk away from

walk away from

phrase

as in leave

to cause to remain behind

She decided to walk away from her job to go back to school.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• strand
• abandon
• desert
• walk out on
• withdraw (from)
• throw away
• separate (from)
• retreat (from)
• dump
• quit
• forsake
• maroon
• cut off
• escape
• shed
• ditch
• take off (from)
• hand over
• junk
• scrap
• discard
• fling
• throw out
• distance
• sacrifice
• relinquish
• ignore
• forget
• vacate
• surrender
• shuck (off)
• reject
• jettison
• give up
• deliver
• renounce
• yield
• neglect
• repudiate
• disregard
• disown
• abjure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• own
• keep
• have
• retain
• possess
• hold
• reserve
• harbor
• reclaim
• rescue
• save
• redeem
• withhold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of walk away from

Ahead, learn all about eight actors who walked away from Hollywood on their own terms, including Shirley Temple, Bridget Fonda, and Leelee Sobieski. — Jp Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

The hydration breaks alone will ensure that Fox will walk away from this year’s World Cup with a tidy profit—especially since the cost of entry ($485 million) was so low. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026

Economists have spent the past week arguing about why 720,000 people walked away from the labor force in a single month. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026

But taxpayers should not be subsidizing corporate labor costs while Washington walks away from its commitments. — Dave Cortese, Mercury News, 8 July 2026