walk off with

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walk off with

verb walks off with · walking off with · walked off with

  1. idiomatic To steal, especially by surreptitiously removing an unguarded item. While Mike Donovan was engaged in his contest with Paul, his companion had quietly walked off with the shirt.
  2. idiomatic To win, as in a contest and especially without significant effort. Last week in Cleveland, Harry Hopman's Aussies walked off with tennis' top trophy, the Davis Cup.
  3. idiomatic To make the strongest favorable impression in a theatrical or similar performance, in comparison to other performers. But kindliness does not prevent elegant Actor Woolley from walking off with the picture against the trying competition of six scene-stealing children.

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