Synonyms

go away

British

verb

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

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go away Idioms

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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As an employment attorney, Oswald counsels many clients who feel their jobs may go away.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

A chorus of former staffers wish the zoo would go away too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“It’s never going to go away and that’s weird. But maybe someday it’ll be for something else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

None of these criticisms of the Enhanced Games are likely to go away any time soon.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“Yeah, I see. I see she needs to learn that you go away but then you come back.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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go away

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