walk away from

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Synonyms of walk away from

: to give up or leave behind willingly : abandon

: to survive (an accident) with little or no injury

: to outrun or get the better of without difficulty

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The single largest legal AI customer in the world walked away from its own investor’s model because a Chinese open-weight model was better and cheaper on the specific task. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Bell claims an unnecessary surgery nearly cost him his life and forced him to walk away from the NFL at just 24 years old. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Netflix initially inked a deal to buy Warner's studio and streaming business late last year, but walked away from that offer back in February. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 But when the Competition and Markets Authority, the UK regulatory body, required the sale of Shutterstock’s editorial business, which is central to Getty’s growth strategy, Getty walked away from the deal. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for walk away from

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