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Away   /əwˈeɪ/   Listen
adverb
Away  adv.  
1.
From a place; hence. "The sound is going away." "Have me away, for I am sore wounded."
2.
Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3.
Aside; off; in another direction. "The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun."
4.
From a state or condition of being; out of existence. "Be near me when I fade away."
5.
By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. "And the Lord said... Away, get thee down."
6.
On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. (Colloq.) Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast? "Love hath wings, and will away." It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.
Away with, bear, abide. (Obs. or Archaic) "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (), i. e., "I can not bear or endure (it)."
Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him."
To make away with.
(a)
To kill or destroy.
(b)
To carry off.





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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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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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