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go away

British  

verb

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

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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]

Example Sentences

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He called her a "nuisance" and told her to go away before returning to his car.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Yet a significant share of marriages end in divorce, and when they do, those economies of scale quietly go away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Maybe they just want it to all go away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Agnew jokes: "People come up to me and sing my song at me. That's lovely and I wouldn't change that for the world, but it doesn't go away."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"If Buttons would just go away and stay away, no one would come to the petting zoo. Dad would have to sell the farm and we could go back home."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

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