HELPNOTE For the special uses of away in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example get away with sth is in the phrasal verb section at get.
1 ~ (from sb/sth) to or at a distance from sb/sth in space or time:
The beach is a mile away. * The station is a few minutes' walk away. * Christmas is still months away.
2 to a different place or in a different direction:
Go away! * Put your toys away. * The bright light made her look away.
3 ~ (from sb/sth) not present
SYNABSENT:
She was away from work for a week. * There were ten children away yesterday. * Sorry, he's away.
4 used after verbs to say that sth is done continuously or with a lot of energy:
She was still writing away furiously when the bell went. * They were soon chatting away like old friends.
5 until disappearing completely:
The water boiled away. * The music faded away. * They danced the night away (= all night).
6 (sport) at the opponent's ground or STADIUM:
Chelsea are playing away this Saturday. * an away match / game
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away with... (literary) used to say that you would like to be rid of sb/sth:
Away with all these rules and regulations!
moreatCOBWEBS, FARadv., DANCEv., RIGHTadv., STRAIGHTadv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for away is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is away a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, away is tagged as adverb.
Does away appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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