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away

[ uh-wey ]

adverb

  1. from this or that place; off:

    to go away.

  2. aside; to another place; in another direction:

    to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers

  3. far; apart:

    away back; away from the subject.

  4. out of one's possession or use:

    to give money away.

  5. out of existence or notice; into extinction:

    to fade away; to idle away the morning.

  6. incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly:

    He kept hammering away.

  7. without hesitation:

    Fire away.



adjective

  1. absent; gone:

    to be away from home.

  2. distant:

    six miles away.

  3. immediately off and on the way:

    The order was given and he was away.

  4. 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: Compare home ( def ).

    winners in their last three away games.

  5. Baseball. having been put out:

    with two away in the top of the seventh.

  6. Golf.
    1. (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
    2. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.

verb phrase

    1. to get rid of; abolish; stop.
    2. to kill:

      Bluebeard did away with all his wives.

away

/ əˈweɪ /

adverb

  1. from a particular place; off

    to swim away

  2. in or to another, usual, or proper place

    to put toys away

  3. apart; at a distance

    to keep away from strangers

  4. out of existence

    the music faded away

  5. indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc

    to give away money

    to turn one's head away

  6. indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something

    to sleep away the hours

  7. continuously

    fire away

    laughing away

  8. away with
    a command for a person to go or be removed

    away with you

    away with him to prison!

  9. far and away
    by a very great margin

    far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten

  10. from away
    from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
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adjective

  1. not present

    away from school

  2. distant

    he is a good way away

  3. having started; released

    bombs away!

    he was away before sunrise

  4. also prenominal sport played on an opponent's ground

    an away game

  5. golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
  6. baseball (of a player) having been put out
  7. horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. sport a game played or won at an opponent's ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. an expression of dismissal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of away1

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English aweg, reduction of on weg; equivalent to a- 1 + way 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of away1

Old English on weg on way
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Example Sentences

The real challenge would be we’re four weeks away from election.

I think that is something this industry makes you look away from.

From Eater

This is a situation that they thought they had the upper hand on politically, but that advantage seems to be slipping away.

It would go away without the vaccine, George, but it’s going to go away a lot faster with it.

It’s probably going to go away a lot faster now because of the vaccine.

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.

So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.

But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.

In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.

It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.

She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.

If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.

The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.

Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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