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

Briefly screaming in pain, King then walked away from the scene of the crash. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Much of your leverage comes from your ability to walk away from a deal and work with a different dealer. — Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The United States invented this platform and is the only country walking away from it. — Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Under the terms of the current contract, the NFL can walk away from the deal with all of its partners except Disney at the end of the 2029-30 season. — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026