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adverb

Away adv.

1.

From a place; hence. "The sound is going away." "Have me away, for I am sore wounded."

2.

Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

3.

Aside; off; in another direction. "The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun."

4.

From a state or condition of being; out of existence. "Be near me when I fade away."

5.

By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. "And the Lord said... Away, get thee down."

6.

On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. (Colloq.) Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast? "Love hath wings, and will away." It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.

Away with, bear, abide. (Obs. or Archaic) "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (), i. e., "I can not bear or endure (it)."

Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him."

To make away with.

(a)

To kill or destroy.

(b)

To carry off.

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Etymology of 'Away'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Away" Quotes from Famous Books

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— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones

... female should dash into it for safety, a keeper could instantly slide the barrier and shut her in. We provided pike-poles, long iron bars, lariats, meat, and long planks a foot wide. Heartily wishing myself a hundred miles away, I summoned all my ...

— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday

... calculation of the quantity of food which I should have eaten if I had been in my usual health, and filled my plates accordingly, and gave myself salt, and so on, as though I were going to dine. I then transferred the viands to a piece of the omnipresent Times newspaper, and hid them away in a cupboard, for it was not yet night, and I dared not throw the food into the street until darkness came. I did not at all relish this process of fictitious dining, but at length the cloth was removed, and I gladly reclined ...

— Eothen • A. W. Kinglake

... us, that he was acquainted with a couple, who, in the education of their family, pursued as much as possible Rousseau's plan. One evening, as the father was playing at chess with a friend, one of his children, a boy of about four years old, took a piece from the board, and ran away to play with it. The father, whose principles would not permit him to assert his right to his own chessman, began to bargain for his property with his son. "Harry," said he, "let us have back the man, and there's an apple for you." The apple was soon devoured, ...

— Practical Education, Volume I • Maria Edgeworth

... inside your own house, my good Jan Anderson, you mustn't so much as glance toward the young one, but march yourself straight over to the fireplace and sit down, without saying a word. Or, suppose you get right up and walk away! You don't have to sit here any longer now that you know it's over with. Suppose you show Katrina and the rest of the womenfolk that you're not a man to be ...

— The Emperor of Portugalia • Selma Lagerlof

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