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| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | off |
the boat was 5 miles off (or away).
the party is still 2 weeks off (or away).
away back in the 18th century.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | awayness |
he's away right now.
you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away.
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an away game.
Examples of away
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The victim then kicked the magazine away and grabbed it as he fled to the store.
From the tennessean.com
Young said he was at his home 2 miles away and felt the impact of the explosion.
From the dailyherald.com
Ben Gordon, once the Bulls'leading scorer, is wasting away on the Pistons'bench.
From the dailyherald.com
The first quarter was tied 10-10, but Naperville North increasingly pulled away.
From the dailyherald.com
There were no injuries and the suspects got away with an unknown amount of cash.
From the dailyherald.com
Do it someplace away from the office, when you're having a relaxed conversation.
From the abcnews.go.com
Since that filing, the foundation has given away at least $50 million in grants.
From the stltoday.com
His father was turned away when he tried to relay those allegations to the Army.
From the thenewstribune.com
Please the thug element of tangelo park, please stay away we dont want you here.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Away(p): not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
- From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
- From one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
- Used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
- Aside: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
- 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"
- Off: 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"
- Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986, it tells the story of three internally-conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas, 1968. ...
