What is "walk away"

vb. 1 (&lit walk away English) 2 (context idiomatic English) To withdraw from a problematic situation. 3 (context idiomatic English) To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm. 4 (context idiomatic English) To defeat someone or achieve something.

v. go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off" [syn: walk off]

"Walk Away" is a song by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand and is featured on their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better. It was released 5 December 2005 as the second single from that album in the UK, entering the UK Singles Chart at #13 a week later (see 2005 in British music). The riff of the song is similar to the Kraftwerk song " Das Model".

"Walk Away" is a song recorded by American pop singer Kelly Clarkson for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). It was written and produced by Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida and Kara DioGuardi, with additional writing from Clarkson. The song talks about a relationship that is not working out and she wants a lover who will support her, not disappear when she needs him the most. It is a prominent pop rock song.

It was released as the album's fourth single. The song received generally positive reviews from most music critics, who praised the song for being "an anthemic and classic pop-rock song" and commended Clarkson's attitude on the song. In March 2006, the single was certified gold by RIAA and has sold over 500,000 copies in all formats in the United States. As of February 2010, "Walk Away" has sold over 1.1 million digital copies in the U.S.

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Walk Away was the last hit radio single for the band Cool for August and was also released as a CD single in Australia. Released in 1998 at the height of the song's popularity, this proved to be the last official release for the band. This CD is the only release that contains the acoustic version of "Don't Wanna Be Here".

"Walk Away" is a pop- dance and freestyle song co-written by Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe, Louise Reny and Frank Levin, and produced by Howe for Morissette's debut album, Alanis (1991). Its protagonist sends a warning to her boyfriend who "never think[s] twice before [he] break all the rules", telling him "I'll walk away and say good bye if you don't want me anymore ... if I don't get the love we had before". It was released to radio and television as the album's second single in 1991 (see 1991 in music), but it was not given a commercial release. The promotional single for the song includes a radio edit only. The song charted at number 35 in Canada. It was also featured in the film Problem Child 2.

"Walk Away" was one of the demo recordings Leslie Howe and Morissette created with keyboardist Serge Côté in the studio, after Howe and her entertainment manager Stephan Klovan had decided to try to secure a record contract for her.

"Walk Away (Remember Me)" is the second single from Paula DeAnda. It was released in the United States in 2006 and features The D.E.Y., and was written by Ne-Yo and Christina Milian together with producers Stargate. The song is about feelings from an old relationship that have resurfaced once the protagonist has seen her ex's new girlfriend.

"Walk Away" is the second single and ninth track from the Funeral for a Friend album Tales Don't Tell Themselves, and reached number 40 in the UK Charts.

"Walk Away" is the first single from Tony Moran's new album The Event and features vocalist Kristine W. The single went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on October 13, 2007. It was Kristine W's tenth number one on the dance charts and Moran's first of two straight number ones on the same chart from "The Event" compilation. Matúš Valent features in the music video.

"Walk Away" is a song written by Tord Bäckström, Bengt Girell and Jan Nilsson for German pop-rock group Aloha from Hell's 2009 debut album No More Days to Waste. It was released as the album's second single on November 14, 2008. The song reached number twenty-six in the German singles chart.

"Walk Away" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, taken from her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). The song was written by Aguilera, Scott Storch and Matt Morris. Its production was handled by Storch, while Aguilera and E. Dawk served as vocal producers. The track is a piano-driven ballad which talks about an abusive relationship, where Aguilera uses a "clever" metaphor.

Upon its release, "Walk Away" received mainly positive reviews from music critics, who praised its melody and deemed it as one of the stand-out tracks from Stripped. On March 14, 2008, the song peaked at number 35 on the Danish Tracklisten chart, becoming the only non-single entry from Stripped on the chart. Aguilera performed the track on two of her major concert tours: Justified & Stripped Tour (2003) and The Stripped Tour (2003).

"Walk Away" is a song by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. The song was released as the second single from their second album, War Is The Answer, and their fifth single overall on November 2, 2009. The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (the band's fourth top-10 on that chart), number 31 on the Alternative Songs chart and number 21 on the Rock Songs chart (their 2nd appearance in the latter charts), making it their second highest-charted single to date. It was a free downloadable track in the iPhone game application, Tap Tap Revenge 3. It was also used as the official theme song for the 2010 TNA Lockdown PPV.