go away
1 of 1verb/ˈɡoʊ əˈweɪ/
Forms:goes away,going away,went away,gone away
1
to move from a person or place
- Children often cry when their parents have to go away for work.
- The stray cat wouldn't go away despite our efforts to shoo it off.
- She told the persistent salesperson to go away because she wasn't interested.
- The dog started barking, signaling that it wanted the stranger to go away.
- The rain had finally stopped, and the clouds began to go away.
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2
to temporarily leave one's home, typically for a vacation
- They decided to go away for a week and relax at the beach.
- Families often go away during the summer to escape the city's heat.
- I need a break from work, so I'm planning to go away for a few days.
- Many people go away for the holidays to spend time with loved ones.
- We usually go away to the mountains for a winter getaway.
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3
to vanish or cease to exist
- The magician made the rabbit go away in a puff of smoke.
- The mysterious footprints in the sand seemed to go away without a trace.
- The stain on the fabric wouldn't go away, no matter how hard she tried to clean it.
- She hoped that her worries would go away once she resolved the issue.
- The symptoms of the illness can go away with the right treatment.