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

The Ada County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an inmate who walked away from a Boise hospital late Friday night. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 10 Oct. 2026

Parking is available at Clinton High School, which is an easy mile-long walk away from the dam. — Chris Tanaka, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

The video concludes with André and his securtiy walking away from Hanks and his posse. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

People in crisis have the least power to refuse a technology, contest its errors, or walk away from it. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026