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Away

adverb

1.

From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete). Synonyms: forth, off. "Wanted to get away from there" , "Sent the children away to boarding school" , "The teacher waved the children away from the dead animal" , "Went off to school" , "They drove off" , "Go forth and preach"

2.

From one's possession. Synonym: out. "Gave away the tickets"

3.

Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts). Synonym: aside. "Pushed all doubts away"

4.

Out of existence. "Tried to explain away the affair of the letter" , "Idled the hours away" , "Her fingernails were worn away"

5.

At a distance in space or time. Synonym: off. "The party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" , "Away back in the 18th century"

6.

Indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily. "The child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

7.

So as to be removed or gotten rid of. "The rotted wood had to be cut away"

8.

Freely or at will.

9.

In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping). "Her jewels are locked away in a safe" , "Filed the letter away"

10.

In a different direction. Synonym: aside. "Turn away one's face" , "Glanced away"

11.

In reserve; not for immediate use. Synonyms: aside, by. "Put something by for her old age" , "Has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

adjective

1.

Not present; having left. "You must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

2.

Used of an opponent's ground.

3.

(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter. Synonym: outside. "An outside pitch"

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"Away" Quotes from Famous Books

... Robin almost said something tart to the old gentleman. But she checked herself in time; not by biting her tongue, however, but by clapping her bill upon a fat bug that was trying to hide under a potato-top. And away she flew to her nest, leaving Grandfather Mole to talk to the air, if ...

— The Tale of Grandfather Mole • Arthur Scott Bailey

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... almost a week longer wind-bound. At last the skipper waxed impatient, and one fine morning we got out our boats, and with the help of the Pharsalia's boats and crew, we were slowly towed to sea. Here we took a fine southwesterly breeze, and squared away before it. Toward night we had the coast of Sicily close under our lee, and as far away as the eye could reach, the snow-capped summit of AEtna, ruddy in the light of the setting sun, rose against the clear blue of the ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various

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... action of the heat. A wart so treated will leave. 5. Dissolve as much common washing soda as the water will take up; wash the warts with this for a minute or two, and let them dry without wiping. Keep the water in a bottle and repeat the washing often, and it will take away the largest warts. 6. They may be cured surely by paring them down until the blood comes slightly and then rubbing them with lunar caustic. It is needless to say this hurts a little, but it is a sure cure. The ...

— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

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... would never be right with him until he got into a more bracing climate; and when Bates tripped up in the pantry and broke a week's income in plates and dishes you said he needed tone and would get it at the sea. Seaside, seaside, seaside! I couldn't get away ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 • Various

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... somewhat bruised Mahratta had been lost; and by the time the leisurely train halted at Saharunpore the last ripple of the stone Kim had helped to heave was lapping against the steps of a mosque in far-away Roum—where it disturbed a pious ...

— Kim • Rudyard Kipling

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