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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]


Example Sentences

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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

"That isn't to say that I think that there's going to be no room for security research or ethical hacking, but I think that a lot of the lower-hanging fruit will start to go away."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

But you have to erase 660 pages every day, and get a callus on your finger that won’t go away for the rest of your life.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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