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Interjection: go away
  1. Instruction to go away
    "go away! I'm fed up with your nonsense";
    - get stuffed [Brit, informal], avaunt [archaic], beat it [informal], begone [literary], bog off [Brit, informal], bug off [N. Amer, informal], buzz off [informal], get lost [informal], shove off [informal], naff off [Brit, slang], hop it [Brit, informal], leg it [informal], be off, scram [informal], get knotted [Brit, informal], run along [informal], sod off [Brit, informal], take a hike [informal]
Verb: go away
  1. Move away from a place into another direction
    "Go away before I start to cry";
    - go, depart
     
  2. Go away from a place
    "At what time does your train go away?";
    - leave, go forth, off [informal]
     
  3. Become invisible or unnoticeable
    "The effect went away when day broke";
    - vanish, disappear
     
  4. Get lost, as without warning or explanation
    "He went away without a trace";
    - disappear, vanish

Derived forms: goes away, going away, went away, gone away

Type of: alter, cease, change, end, exit, finish, get out, go, go out, leave, locomote, move, stop, terminate, travel, vary

Antonym: arrive, come

Encyclopedia: Go away