walked away
Turned and left
Walked away is the past tense of walk away, meaning to leave a situation, often decisively or without looking back.
Someone who walks away from an accident emerges unharmed: She walked away from the crash with just a scratch.
To walk away from a deal or relationship is to abandon it: He walked away from the negotiation.
Walking away can suggest refusal to engage further or escape without consequence.
Sanctioned time away
- exitWay to leave
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- head outBegin one's departure
take off · move on · pull out · disengage · part ways · say goodbye · take leave · bid farewell
Depart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- sneak offDepart secretly, unnoticed
- vanishCease to be visible
- disappearPass from visibility
abscond · evade · elude · break free · make off · run off · dodge · duck out
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- leave behindDepart without taking
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- disownReject connection to
jilt · renounce · repudiate · reject · spurn · turn back on · ditch · dump
Suffering no injury
- unharmedNot injured
- intactNot damaged or altered
- luckyFavored by chance
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
close call · narrow escape · dodged bullet · in one piece · unhurt · safe · spared · untouched
leave
Sanctioned time away
head out · take off · move on · pull out · disengage · part ways · say goodbye · take leave · bid farewell · turn around
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
disappear · abscond · evade · elude · break free · make off · run off · dodge · duck out · give the slip
forsake
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- leave behindDepart without taking
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
disown · jilt · renounce · repudiate · reject · spurn · turn back on · ditch · dump · cast aside
unscathed
Suffering no injury
miraculous · close call · narrow escape · dodged bullet · in one piece · unhurt · safe · spared · untouched · emerged
decline
Decrease or refuse
say no · opt out · bow out · back out · wash hands of · rebuff · dismiss · disavow · shun · ignore
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- regretswhat if, hindsight, second thoughts, wrong choice, squandered
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
walked awaystayed put
Continued in place
remained · approached · came back · returned · stood still
walked awaypersevered
Continued despite difficulty
doubled down · followed through · dug in · recommitted · leaned in
walked awayconfronted
Challenged or opposed directly
engaged · fought back · pushed back · escalated · stood up to
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