Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Something that is easy and presents no difficulties, especially an easily won sports contest; a walkover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An easy victory; a walkover.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an easy victory
Etymologies
Examples
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The moment you find out, you’re a walkaway from a Pink Floyd song.
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Cowley is about a five minute walkaway, which is a lively area with a high student population.
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In addition, existing disclosures typically failed to make clear in a single place the total amount of "walkaway" pay due a top executive, including severance, pensions, and deferred compensation.
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Another entry into the ring: I recently posted for sale another version of the 'walkaway' or 'popover' dress that is an updated mid-1960's version by Anne Adams, #4756.
Fashion Sewing on A Budget ... and the Walk-Away Dress! - A Dress A Day
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DaisyLynn: if you goal is to draft the pattern for the "walkaway" dress as a project, then why not make it any way that you wish?
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That's what I plan to do, if I ever get around to making a "walkaway" dress.
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Carl Wiens For instance, you hear a lot of talk about the "walkaway" risk.
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Mr. Whatley thought that the Salvation Army was having a kind of walkaway, so he slipped out at the back door of the ranch, put Esau into his own wagon and drove away to town.
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His secret weapons included "walkaway" clauses or "buy-it-if-you-like-it" deals unlike anything the industry had seen.
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"I don't necessarily think other banks are going to look at widespread principal forgiveness as a solution," said Frank Pallotta, managing partner of Loan Value Group, a New Jersey company that's working with mortgage investors to help cope with the "walkaway" problem.
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