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away

[uh-wey]

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adverb

from this or that place; off: to go away.

aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers

far; apart: away back; away from the subject.

out of one's possession or use: to give money away.

out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.

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incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.

without hesitation: Fire away.

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adjective

absent; gone: to be away from home.

distant: six miles away.

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immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.

11.

Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games. Compare home (def. 15).

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Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.

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Golf.

(of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.

(of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.

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Away is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Verb phrase

14.

do away with,

to get rid of; abolish; stop.

to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.

Idioms

15.

away with,

take away: Away with him!

go away! leave!: Away with you!

16.

where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?

Origin:
before 950; Middle English; Old English aweg, reduction of on weg. See on, a-¹, way

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Perhaps more than anything else, it is the extraordinary architecture that takes a visitor's breath away.

For centuries, artistic treasures have been taken away from the lands that created them.

Fruit is usually a dry capsule that releases seeds explosively, shooting them up to several feet away.

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World English Dictionary

away (əˈweɪ)

—*adv*
1.	from a particular place; off: to swim away
2.	in or to another, usual, or proper place: to put toys away
3.	apart; at a distance: to keep away from strangers
4.	out of existence: the music faded away
5.	indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc: to turn one's head away; to give away money
6.	indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something: to sleep away the hours
7.	continuously: laughing away; fire away
8.	away with a command for a person to go or be removed: away with you; away with him to prison!
9.	far and away by a very great margin: far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten
10.	(Canadian) from away from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland

—*adj*
11.	not present: away from school
12.	distant: he is a good way away
13.	having started; released: he was away before sunrise; bombs away!
14.	(also prenominal) sport played on an opponent's ground: an away game
15.	golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
16.	baseball (of a player) having been put out
17.	horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race

—n
18.	sport a game played or won at an opponent's ground

—*interj*
19.	an expression of dismissal

[Old English on weg on way]

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Word Origin & History

away

O.E. aweg, earlier on weg "on from this (that) place;" see way. Colloquial use for "without delay" (fire away, also right away) is from earlier sense of "onward in time" (16c.). Intensive use (e.g. away back) is Amer.Eng., first attested 1818.

Slang Dictionary

away definition

mod.
in prison. (Underworld. See also Are we away?) : My cousin is away for a year.

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Idioms & Phrases

away

see back away; bang away; blow away; break away; by far (and away); carry away; cart off (away); cast away; clear out (away); die away; do away with; draw away; eat away; explain away; fade out (away); fall away; fire away; fool away; fritter away; get away; get away with; give away; go away; hammer away; lay aside (away); make away with; out and away; pass away; peg away at; piss away; plug away at; pull away; put away; right away; run away; run away with; salt away; send away; shy away from; slink away; slip out (away); sock away; spirit away; square away; squirrel away; stow away; take away from; take one's breath away; tear away; throw away; tuck away; turn away; walk away from; walk off (away) with; waste away; wear off (away); whale away; when the cat's away; while away.