away
from this or that place; off: to go away.
aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers
far; apart: away back; away from the subject.
out of one's possession or use: to give money away.
out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.
incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.
without hesitation: Fire away.
absent; gone: to be away from home.
distant: six miles away.
immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.
Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games.: Compare home.
Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.
Golf.
(of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
(of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.
do away with,
to get rid of; abolish; stop.
to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
Idioms about away
away with,
take away: Away with him!
go away! leave!: Away with you!
where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
Origin of away
1Words Nearby away
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How to use away in a sentence
The real challenge would be we’re four weeks away from election.
Trump moves closer to Pelosi in economic aid talks, and House speaker must decide next move | Rachael Bade, Erica Werner | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostI think that is something this industry makes you look away from.
Christian Puglisi Is Closing His Influential Copenhagen Restaurants. COVID Is Only Partly to Blame | Rafael Tonon | September 17, 2020 | EaterThis is a situation that they thought they had the upper hand on politically, but that advantage seems to be slipping away.
Why House Democrats have good reason to be anxious about no coronavirus relief deal | Amber Phillips | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostIt would go away without the vaccine, George, but it’s going to go away a lot faster with it.
Timeline: The 124 times Trump has downplayed the coronavirus threat | Aaron Blake, JM Rieger | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s probably going to go away a lot faster now because of the vaccine.
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump | Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner | September 16, 2020 | Washington Post
Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.
He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSo it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre | Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuShe walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence | Henry JamesIf you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThe bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeNevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
British Dictionary definitions for away
/ (əˈweɪ) /
from a particular place; off: to swim away
in or to another, usual, or proper place: to put toys away
apart; at a distance: to keep away from strangers
out of existence: the music faded away
indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc: to turn one's head away; to give away money
indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something: to sleep away the hours
continuously: laughing away; fire away
away with a command for a person to go or be removed: away with you; away with him to prison!
far and away by a very great margin: far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten
from away Canadian from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
not present: away from school
distant: he is a good way away
having started; released: he was away before sunrise; bombs away!
(also prenominal) sport played on an opponent's ground: an away game
golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
baseball (of a player) having been put out
horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race
sport a game played or won at an opponent's ground
an expression of dismissal
Origin of away
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with away
see back away; bang away; blow away; break away; by far (and away); carry away; cart off (away); cast away; clear out (away); die away; do away with; draw away; eat away; explain away; fade out (away); fall away; fire away; fool away; fritter away; get away; get away with; give away; go away; hammer away; lay aside (away); make away with; out and away; pass away; peg away at; piss away; plug away at; pull away; put away; right away; run away; run away with; salt away; send away; shy away from; slink away; slip out (away); sock away; spirit away; square away; squirrel away; stow away; take away from; take one's breath away; tear away; throw away; tuck away; turn away; walk away from; walk off (away) with; waste away; wear off (away); whale away; when the cat's away; while away.
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