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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: Compare home ( def ).
winners in their last three away games.
Baseball. having been put out:
with two away in the top of the seventh.
Golf.
1. (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
2. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.

verb phrase

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

away

/ əˈ�ɱ�ɪ /

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 give away money
to turn one's head away
indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something
to sleep away the hours
continuously
fire away
laughing 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
from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland

adjective

not present
away from school
distant
he is a good way away
having started; released
bombs away!
he was away before sunrise
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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of away¹

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English aweg, reduction of on weg; equivalent to a- ¹ + way ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of away¹

Old English on weg on way

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Idioms and Phrases

where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
away with,
1. take away:
  Away with him!
2. go away! leave!:
  Away with you!

More idioms and phrases containing 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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With a deadline to sell itself or be banned in the U.S. just hours away, TikTok got another last-minute reprieve from President Trump on Friday.

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It said it had diverted money away from planned maintenance and repairs to secure "a stop gap water supply".

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Brand has pivoted away from acting and has worked to refashion himself as an anti-establishment commentator, and made news last year announcing he’d been baptized.

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He has gotten away with everything in his life, and his belief in his own power is limitless.

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