walk-away

A form of walkaway — A case of a person walking away (e.g. an inmate from a facility, a cult member from a community); a person who walks away.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounwalk-away (plural walk-aways)

plural walk-aways

  1. alternativeAlternative form of walkaway.

Origin

Deverbal from walk away.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

walk-away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk-away

MLA

“walk-away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk-away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walk-away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk-away.

Source: walk-away on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.