walk away with something

walk away with something
walk away with (something) to win or get something easily.

The German soccer team is favored to walk away with the championship.

She got a minor injury and walked off with a million-dollar insurance settlement.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • walk away with something — ˌwalk aˈway with sth derived (informal) to win or obtain sth easily • She walked away with the gold medal. Main entry: ↑walkderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk away with — (something) to win or get something easily. The German soccer team is favored to walk away with the championship. She got a minor injury and walked off with a million dollar insurance settlement …   New idioms dictionary

  • walk away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms walk away with : present tense I/you/we/they walk away with he/she/it walks away with present participle walking away with past tense walked away with past participle walked away with 1) walk away with… …   English dictionary

  • walk away with — PHRASAL VERB If you walk away with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. [JOURNALISM] [V P P n] Enter our competition and you could walk away with ₤10,000. Syn: walk off with …   English dictionary

  • walk away (from something) — ˌwalk aˈway (from sb/sth) derived to leave a difficult situation or relationship, etc. instead of staying and trying to deal with it • He was tempted to walk away from the problem. Main entry: ↑walkderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk away — verb go away from The actor walked off before he got his cue I got annoyed and just walked off • Syn: ↑walk off • Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away • …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk off with — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone walks off with something that does not belong to them, they take it without permission. [INFORMAL] [V P P n] I ll bet you walked off with my coat, too. Syn: go off with 2) PHRASAL VERB If you walk off with something… …   English dictionary

  • Walk Away Renée — Single by The Left Banke from the album Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina B side I Haven t Got the Nerve Released July 1966 …   Wikipedia

  • walk — walk1 [ wɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 move with feet ▸ 2 go with someone on foot ▸ 3 give pet exercise ▸ 4 move heavy object ▸ 5 leave job permanently ▸ 6 disappear or be stolen ▸ 7 be freed in legal trial ▸ 8 in baseball ▸ 9 travel in basketball ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • walk — walk1 W1S1 [wo:k US wo:k] v 1.) [I and T] to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other ▪ How did you get here? We walked. ▪ Doctors said he d never walk again. walk into/down/up etc ▪ Carrie walked into the room and sat down in her… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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