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go away

British  

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to leave, as when starting from home on holiday

"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

go away Idioms  
  1. Depart, leave a place, travel somewhere. For example, They went away this morning, or Are you going away this winter? This expression also can be used as an imperative ordering someone to leave: Go away! It can also be used figuratively to mean “disappear,” as in This fever just doesn't go away. [c. 1200]


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She shouted at the person to go away and contacted her landlord, who advised her to call the police.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“The concerns around overspending, the concerns around monetization, they won’t go away, the concerns around too-high capex/too much debt, issuance, that will not go away. If anything, that will probably intensify in 2027.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

A solicitor has been secretly filmed by the BBC explaining how he could make a £45,000 illegal-working fine go away.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“So I don’t think it’s going to go away any time soon, even though it should with a loss of this magnitude,” Bratt said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dad offered to drop the chamber of commerce lawsuit if he’d just go away, but no dice.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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