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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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“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

Its Advantage card, launched in 1997, is unlikely to go away and remains popular.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Lidgey, from Cardiff, says his testicle felt "like a cricket ball" after being kicked by his son, but was reluctant to see his GP, thinking the problem would go away.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Arizona is a tough out and doesn’t go away, and tight end Trey McBride is a standout, but the team has too many defensive breakdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He believed in ignoring unpleasant facts, in hopes that they’d go away.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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