"walk off with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk off with.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks off with [present, singular, third-person], walking off with [participle, present], walked off with [participle, past], walked off with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk off with (third-person singular simple present walks off with, present participle walking off with, simple past and past participle walked off with)
  1. (idiomatic) To steal, especially by surreptitiously removing an unguarded item. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (steal): abscond with, pilfer, thieve [verb]
    Sense id: en-walk_off_with-en-verb-DsTmAjYX Disambiguation of 'steal': 100 0 0
  2. (idiomatic) To win, as in a contest and especially without significant effort. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-walk_off_with-en-verb-pcR2G6Kb
  3. (idiomatic, performing arts, of a performer) To make the strongest favorable impression in a theatrical or similar performance, in comparison to other performers. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-walk_off_with-en-verb-4cpbhHCc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 18 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 31 23 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 31 23 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (performing arts): steal the show
Disambiguation of 'performing arts': 47 11 41

Inflected forms

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