Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that is easy and presents no difficulties, especially an easily won sports contest; a walkover.
- noun The abandonment of a mortgaged property by the holder of the mortgage because of inability or refusal to meet the payments or because the value of the property has fallen below the principal of the mortgage.
- noun A property so abandoned.
- noun A person who abandons such a property.
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- noun An easy
victory ; awalkover .
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- noun an easy victory
Etymologies
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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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Carl Wiens For instance, you hear a lot of talk about the "walkaway" risk.
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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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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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