From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwalk away phrasal verb1 LEAVE A RELATIONSHIPto leave a bad or difficult situation, instead of trying to make it better from You can’t just walk away from 15 years of marriage! When the business started to have problems, it was very tempting to walk away.2 INJUREto come out of an accident or very bad situation without being harmed Miraculously, both drivers walked away without a scratch. → walk→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
walk away• Maggie saw Hermione shake exasperated shoulders and suddenly feared that she might walk away.walk from• Hanson could make an upstart drummer feel ungrateful if he tried to walk away from a kindness.• She walked away from a successful career in pop music to have a family.• Many did not approve of Mr Alvarez's decision to walk away from government.• He had walked away from her, trembling a little.• Miguel walked away from him with the bong.• A few days later I saw him hurrying ahead of me as I walked away from the campus toward the subway.• I can hardly believe they were able to just walk away from the crash -- I thought they'd all been killed.• The safe money isn't on the satyrs walking away from this scene.• At least you can walk away from Vegas. 