go away

Formsgoes away, going away, went away, gone away

1. 1
   order to leaveinterjection

   Said to tell someone to leave right away.

   Go away! I'm trying to sleep.

   "Go away, you silly bird!" he shouted at the seagull eating his lunch.

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2. 2
   leave a placephrasal verbintransitive

   To leave a place.

   The dog barked until the delivery man went away.

   I wanted the bees to go away so we could eat outside.

   Similarleave, depart

   Oppositestay

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3. 3
   disappearphrasal verbintransitive

   To stop being there, so you cannot see or feel it anymore.

   My headache went away after I drank some water.

   Problems like this don't just go away on their own.

   Similardisappear, vanish, fade

   Oppositepersist, remain

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4. 4
   on vacationphrasal verbintransitive

   To leave home for a trip, often a vacation.

   Are you going to go away this summer?

   The neighbors went away for a week, so we fed their cat.

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5. 5
   to prisonphrasal verbeuphemisticintransitive

   A softer way to say that someone is going to prison.

   If the jury finds him guilty, he could go away for a long time.

   Her uncle went away for five years after the robbery.

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