go away
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verb
(intr, adverb) to leave, as when starting from home on holiday
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Words nearby go away
goatsbeard, goatskin, goat's-rue, goatsucker, goaves, go away, go-away bird, go AWOL, gob, go back, go back on
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go away
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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