go away

verb

1. move away from a place into another direction (Freq. 4)

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Go away before I start to cry

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The train departs at noon

• Syn: ↑go, ↑depart

• Ant: ↑come (for: ↑go)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑departure (for: ↑depart), ↑departer (for: ↑depart), ↑goer (for: ↑go), ↑going (for: ↑go)

• Hypernyms: ↑exit, ↑go out, ↑get out, ↑leave

• Hyponyms: ↑shove off, ↑shove along, ↑blow

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

2. go away from a place (Freq. 3)

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At what time does your train leave?

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She didn't leave until midnight

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The ship leaves at midnight

• Syn: ↑leave, ↑go forth

• Ant: ↑arrive (for: ↑leave)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑leaver (for: ↑leave), ↑leave (for: ↑leave)

• Hyponyms:

↑go out, ↑desert, ↑depart, ↑take leave, ↑quit, ↑pop off, ↑walk off, ↑walk away, ↑hightail, ↑walk out, ↑come away, ↑decamp, ↑skip, ↑vamoose, ↑scram, ↑buzz off, ↑fuck off, ↑get, ↑bugger off, ↑run off, ↑run out, ↑bolt, ↑bolt out, ↑beetle off, ↑ride off, ↑ride away, ↑tarry, ↑linger, ↑part, ↑start, ↑start out, ↑set forth, ↑set off, ↑set out, ↑take off, ↑pull out, ↑get out, ↑rush off, ↑rush away, ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑hightail it, ↑bunk, ↑head for the hills, ↑take to the woods, ↑escape, ↑fly the coop, ↑break away, ↑slip away, ↑steal away, ↑sneak away, ↑sneak off, ↑sneak out, ↑vacate, ↑empty, ↑abandon

• Verb Group: ↑exit, ↑go out, ↑get out, ↑leave, ↑depart, ↑pull up stakes

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Sam and Sue go away

3. get lost, as without warning or explanation

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He disappeared without a trace

• Syn: ↑disappear, ↑vanish

• Ant: ↑appear (for: ↑disappear)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑vanisher (for: ↑vanish), ↑vanishing (for: ↑vanish), ↑disappearance (for: ↑disappear), ↑disappearing (for: ↑disappear)

• Hyponyms:

↑fall off, ↑fall away, ↑fall, ↑die, ↑go, ↑absent, ↑remove, ↑evanesce, ↑fade, ↑blow over, ↑pass off, ↑fleet, ↑pass, ↑wither, ↑skip town, ↑take a powder, ↑die out, ↑die off, ↑desorb

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

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These cars won't go away

4. become invisible or unnoticeable

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The effect vanished when day broke

• Syn: ↑vanish, ↑disappear

• Derivationally related forms: ↑disappearance (for: ↑disappear), ↑vanisher (for: ↑vanish), ↑vanishing (for: ↑vanish)

• Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease

• Hyponyms: ↑dematerialize, ↑dematerialise, ↑clear, ↑bob under

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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The moon will soon go away

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go away [phrasal verb]

1 a : to leave a place or person

She angrily told him to go away and stop bothering her.

1 b : to leave your home for a period of time

They're going away on vacation.

After graduating from high school, he went away to college.

a going-away present/party [=a present/party for someone who is leaving to live, study, or travel in a distant place]

2 : to stop existing or happening : to end

I just wish there was some way to make the pain go away.

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Main Entry: ↑go

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ˌgo aˈway derived

1. to leave a person or place

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Just go away!

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Go away and think about it, then let me know.

2. to leave home for a period of time, especially for a holiday/vacation

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They've gone away for a few days.

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I'm going away on business.

3. to disappear

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The smell still hasn't gone away.

Main entry: ↑go_derived