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walk away with

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walk away with (someone or an animal)
to lead, take, accompany, or carry someone or an animal away. I walked away with my brother. The young man walked away with the heifer.
See also: away, walk

walk away with something and walk off with something 

1. Fig. to win something easily. (With little more effort than is required to carry off the winning trophy.) John won the tennis match with no difficulty. He walked away with it. Our team walked away with first place.
2. Fig. to take or steal something. I think somebody just walked off with my purse! Somebody walked off with my daughter's bicycle.
See also: away, walk

walk away with something also walk off 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.
See also: away, walk


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Do I walk away with dignity--and then stop, and steal a timid glance at my lover, over my shoulder?
As it was certain, however, that somebody was coming, Bingley instantly prevailed on Miss Bennet to avoid the confinement of such an intrusion, and walk away with him into the shrubbery.
Then he could walk away with us easily, being free.
 
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