go away

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to leave, as when starting from home on holiday

Idioms and Phrases

Depart, leave a place, travel somewhere. For example, They went away this morning, or Are you going away this winter? This expression also can be used as an imperative ordering someone to leave: Go away! It can also be used figuratively to mean “disappear,” as in This fever just doesn't go away. [c. 1200]

Example Sentences

At 13 she went away to boarding school, attending the elite Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where she “ate and ate and ate,” then Yale.

From Los Angeles Times

“Always see your dermatologist if you see an irregularity that’s not going away. Don’t wait. And protect yourself — I like an SPF of 50 or greater and apply it 15 minutes before going outside.”

From Los Angeles Times

And it doesn’t seem to be going away.

From Los Angeles Times

However Louis says full-strength beer is not going away.

From BBC

"It's not so much that we're making a statement, we're just sharing these lives for this moment, and then want everyone to go away and talk to each other."

From BBC

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