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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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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.
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