WALKED AWAY FROM Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

walked away from

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past tense of walk away from

as in left

to cause to remain behind She decided to walk away from her job to go back to school.

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Recent Examples of walked away from Three days later, Canada walked away from the negotiating table. — August 24, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 Tensions escalated late Friday when Canada walked away from negotiations after Carney concluded the United States was demanding too much in exchange for tariff relief. — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 An inmate who walked away from an El Dorado County conservation camp earlier this year was arrested in Southern California for burglary, authorities said on Wednesday. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Kenya struck a similar deal; Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ghana walked away from the initial terms. — Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Individual donors and audience members have walked away from the National Symphony Orchestra, documents show, costing the Kennedy Center millions in additional losses. — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026 Briefly screaming in pain, King then walked away from the scene of the crash. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 And the Chinese relationship long predates the current pressure campaign; it was built when Western majors walked away from Iraq’s oilfields. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 When pushed again to talk about his relationship with Sheer, Collins abruptly left the podium and walked away from reporters. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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“Walked away from.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked%20away%20from. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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