go away
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Her lawyer recommended she offer her brothers a settlement from the funds that her mother has left in order to get them to go away, but so far that hasn’t worked.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
She gives her mother pushback or tells her to go away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
“We keep a Fifth Fleet headquarters there, and the question is probably not does that go away, but what does it look like when this is over?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
And the biggest plague, the one that never seems to go away, is deep-seated resentment for, often outright hostility to, mothers and the work of parenting.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
It didn’t make the fear go away, but it did loosen my limbs.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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