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Defenition of the word away

    • Defenition of the word away

      • Not where something or someone usually is.
      • In a direction away from the speaker or object.
      • At a distance in space or time.
      • At the opponent's ground; in the opposing team's stadium.
      • out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
      • in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
      • distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away"
      • away from home or business; "he didn't leave an away phone number"
      • (sport) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
      • out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
      • indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
      • in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
      • so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
      • freely or at will; "fire away!
      • in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
      • not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
      • from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; " wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")
      • from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
      • (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
      • at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the l8th century"
      • used of an opponent''s ground; "an away game"
      • from a particular thing or place or position (`forth'' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school";
      • from one''s possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
      • out of the way (especially away from one''s thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
      • in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one''s face"; "glanced away"
      • in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
      • at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
      • freely or at will; "fire away!"
      • (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
      • used of an opponent's ground
      • not present; having left
      • from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
      • from one's possession
      • in reserve; not for immediate use
      • out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
      • out of existence
      • indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
      • in a different direction
      • in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
      • at a distance in space or time
      • so as to be removed or gotten rid of
      • freely or at will

    Synonyms for the word away

      • absent
      • aside
      • by
      • departed
      • forth
      • gone
      • left
      • missing
      • not here
      • off
      • out
      • outside

    Similar words in the away

      • absent
      • away
      • aways
      • distant
      • inaccurate
      • out

    Antonyms for the word away

      • home
      • home(a)

    Idioms for the word away

      • break away
      • chase away
      • cut away
      • fade away
      • fire away
      • go away
      • hide away
      • slip away
      • steal away
      • sweep away
      • take away
      • turn away
      • wash away

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