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away adverb [ əˈweɪ ]

• to or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing.
• "she landed badly, and crawled away"
Similar: off, from here, from there, aside, to one side, elsewhere, abroad, not at home, not here, gone, absent, on holiday, on vacation,
• into an appropriate place for storage or safekeeping.
• "he put away the pistol"
Similar: at a distance, apart, isolated,
• into non-existence.
• "Marie felt her distress ebbing away"
Similar: elsewhere, abroad, not at home, not here, gone, absent, on holiday, on vacation,
• constantly, persistently, or continuously.
• "there was Morrissey crooning away"

away adjective

• (of a sports fixture) played at the opponents' ground.
• "tomorrow night's away game at Leicester"

away noun

• an away match or win.
Origin: Old English onweg, aweg ‘on one's way’ (see a-2, way).


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