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up and away

[uhp-and-uh-way]

adverb

  1. upwards and into the distance, as if floating out of sight.

  2. off to a good start.



verb (used without object)

  1. to move away or leave quickly, especially to escape or avoid something.

interjection

  1. (used to encourage or demand that someone leave).

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Example Sentences

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Owners would have to prune trees up and away from their houses; they would need to keep their roofs clear of leaves, needles and other dead vegetation.

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When an incident on the island threatens to paint Wash, wrongly, as a murderer, Titch takes him up, up and away in his beautiful balloon.

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Balch discussed it with him and Denman offered up “And away they go.”

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Says Rodgers of “Up, Up and Away,” for which Jimmy Webb also took song of the year: “I love the fact that the 5th Dimension were Black and that they represented a different style from what we considered at that time the typical R&B type of vocalizing.”

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Finally looking up and away from her phone for the first time in God knows how long, Romy locks eyes with Samuel, calming the dog halfway down the sidewalk.

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