go away
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Definition
- Verb:
- To leave a place: To move from one location to another, to depart.
- To cease to be present or visible: To disappear or vanish.
- To stop existing or being a problem: To be removed or to end.
Usage
- Use "go away" to describe the action of departing from a specific location.
- Use "go away" to indicate that something disappears or fades from sight.
- Use "go away" informally to tell someone to leave you alone or to express a desire for something to stop.
Examples
- Verb:
- Please go away; I need some time alone.
- The pain in my knee finally went away after I rested.
- The clouds will go away, and the sun will come out soon.
Advanced Usage
- Imperative for dismissal: Often used as a direct, sometimes rude, command for someone to leave.
- He told the salesman to go away and stop bothering him.
- Describing gradual disappearance: Used for things that fade or dissipate over time.
- The smell of paint should go away in a few hours.
Variants and Related Words
- Goes away: Third person singular present tense.
- He goes away on business every month.
- Going away: Present participle/gerund.
- We are going away for the weekend.
- Went away: Simple past tense.
- The children went away to summer camp.
- Gone away: Past participle.
- Has the mail carrier gone away yet?
Synonyms
- Leave: To go out of or away from a place.
- Depart: To leave, especially to start a journey.
- Disappear: To cease to be visible.
- Vanish: To disappear suddenly and completely.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Go away with: To leave in the company of someone or something. (Note: This is a distinct phrasal verb).
- She decided to go away with her friends for the holiday.
Related Idioms
- Go away empty-handed: To leave without obtaining what one wanted.
- Despite his efforts, he had to go away empty-handed.
- Here today, gone tomorrow: Describing something that appears and disappears quickly.
- Fashion trends are often here today, gone tomorrow.
Verb
- get lost, as without warning or explanation
- He disappeared without a trace
- become invisible or unnoticeable
- The effect vanished when day broke
- go away from a place
- At what time does your train leave?
- She didn't leave until midnight
- The ship leaves at midnight
- move away from a place into another direction
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon