away

[ uh-wey ]

/ əˈweɪ /

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adverb

from this or that place; off: to go away.

aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers

far; apart: away back; away from the subject.

out of one's possession or use: to give money away.

out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.

incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.

without hesitation: Fire away.

adjective

absent; gone: to be away from home.

distant: six miles away.

immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.

Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games. Compare home(def 15).

Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.

Golf.

(of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
(of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.

Verb Phrases

do away with,

to get rid of; abolish; stop.
to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.

Idioms for away

away with,

take away: Away with him!
go away! leave!: Away with you!

where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?

Origin of away

before 950; Middle English; Old English aweg, reduction of on weg. See on, a-¹, way¹

Words nearby away

awardee, aware, awareness, awash, awato, away, away goal, away-going crop, awayday, awb, awe

Example sentences from the Web for away

So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.

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My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.

Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore |James Joiner |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.

Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore |James Joiner |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Doubling down on Schedule I is, at best, a deranged way to push Americans away from “medical,” and toward recreational, use.

Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness |James Poulos |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.

Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found |Lennox Samuels |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He ruined us—us who were so happy before; and then, as Armand says, cast us away as instruments he had done with.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Clement would only be doing what is right if he drove me away.

Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays |Various
He's been ill so much and away so much—sometimes people like that just don't seem to 'count' in a family.

The Turmoil |Booth Tarkington
Well get away at once, as nothing is to be gained by a stay in Nome and as, furthermore, we wish to avoid inquiries into our aims.

The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition |Gerald Breckenridge
Bring him away, Jug: yet the villain would not confess a word, till it was found about him.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15) |Robert Dodsley

British Dictionary definitions for away

away

/ (əˈweɪ) /

adverb

from a particular place; off to swim away

in or to another, usual, or proper place to put toys away

apart; at a distance to keep away from strangers

out of existence the music faded away

indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc to turn one's head away; to give away money

indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something to sleep away the hours

continuously laughing away; fire away

away with a command for a person to go or be removed away with you; away with him to prison!

far and away by a very great margin far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten

from away Canadian from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland

adjective (usually postpositive)

not present away from school

distant he is a good way away

having started; released he was away before sunrise; bombs away!

(also prenominal) sport played on an opponent's ground an away game

golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole

baseball (of a player) having been put out

horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race

noun

sport a game played or won at an opponent's ground

interjection

an expression of dismissal

Word Origin for away

Old English on weg on way

Idioms and Phrases with away

away

see back away; bang away; blow away; break away; by far (and away); carry away; cart off (away); cast away; clear out (away); die away; do away with; draw away; eat away; explain away; fade out (away); fall away; fire away; fool away; fritter away; get away; get away with; give away; go away; hammer away; lay aside (away); make away with; out and away; pass away; peg away at; piss away; plug away at; pull away; put away; right away; run away; run away with; salt away; send away; shy away from; slink away; slip out (away); sock away; spirit away; square away; squirrel away; stow away; take away from; take one's breath away; tear away; throw away; tuck away; turn away; walk away from; walk off (away) with; waste away; wear off (away); whale away; when the cat's away; while away.

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adverb

adjective (usually postpositive)

noun

interjection

Word Origin for away

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away

adverb

adjective

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adverb

adjective (usually postpositive)

noun

interjection

Word Origin for away

Idioms and Phrases with away

British Dictionary definitions for away