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away

English

  1. 🔊 (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
    “the pitch was away (or wide)”
  2. 🔊 used of an opponent's ground
    “an away game”
  3. 🔊 from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
    “ran away from the lion”
  4. 🔊 from one's possession
    “he gave out money to the poor”
  5. 🔊 out of existence
    “the music faded away”
  6. 🔊 indicating continuing action
    “he worked away at the project for more than a year”
  7. 🔊 in a different direction
    “turn aside”
  8. 🔊 in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
    “put the toys away”
  9. 🔊 so as to be removed or gotten rid of
    “cleared the mess away”
  10. 🔊 freely or at will
    “fire away!”
  11. 🔊 out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
    “brush the objections aside”
  12. 🔊 at a distance in space or time
    “the boat was 5 miles off (or away)”
  13. 🔊 in reserve
    “started setting aside money to buy a car”

Similar words

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