walkaway

walkaway
An easy victory; a walkover.
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  • walkaway — [wôk′ə wā΄] n. an easily won victory …   English World dictionary

  • walkaway — [ wɔːkəweɪ] (D; intr.) to walkaway from ( to survive an accident unhurt ; he walkawayed away from me without saying a word; to walkaway from an accident) (d; intr.) to walkaway with (she walkawayed away with all the top prizes; to win ) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Walkaway, Western Australia — Walkaway a corruption of the native Wagga wah referring to the bend in the nearby Greenough River, was the name given to the railway station when a line was built from Geraldton in 1887. In 1894 it was linked with Midland Junction by the building …   Wikipedia

  • walkaway safe — adj. Describes a device, particularly a nuclear power plant, that will shut down or fail safely even if its operators must evacuate the scene. Example Citations: The next generation of plants must be built to work with nature and human nature… …   New words

  • walkaway — noun Date: 1888 an easily won contest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • walkaway — /wawk euh way /, n. 1. an easy victory or conquest. 2. a patient or inmate who escapes from an institution by walking away when not being supervised or guarded. [1885 90; n. use of v. phrase walk away] * * * …   Universalium

  • walkaway — Synonyms and related words: Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, ascendancy, cakewalk, championship, conquest, easy victory, grand slam, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, mastery, moral victory, picnic, pushover, romp, rout, runaway… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • walkaway — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An easy victory: walkover. Informal: runaway. Slang: romp. See EASY, WIN. 2. An easily accomplished task: child s play, cinch, pushover, snap, walkover. Informal: breeze. Slang: duck soup. See EASY …   English dictionary for students

  • walkaway — walk|a|way [ˈwo:kəweı US ˈwo:k ] n AmE informal an easy victory = ↑walkover …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • walkaway — walk|a|way [ wɔkə,weı ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL an easy victory: WALKOVER …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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