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

These are modest steps toward rebuilding the economic relationship the United Kingdom walked away from. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Organizers teamed with Union Pacific to offer parking about a 15-minute walk away from the entrance gates. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Paul tells the rest of MomTok she's finished with Mortensen and is walking away from him for good. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

For Caracas to walk away from OPEC now would therefore represent a bitter historical irony. — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026