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away

away

1.0
To keep doing something without stopping
  • adverb
  • /əˈweɪ/
translation icon : sin parar
  • Well, there's some things a man just can't run away from.

I slept those two weeks away and then got a fat check.

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Examples

  • If the mind wanders away, bring it back to that point.

  • Then you grow away and back and away and back again, and...

  • I slept those two weeks away and then got a fat check.

  • It's a place to get away from stress and let your imagination run free.

    Academic text (2008)
  • You can't keep running away.

  • Because Dale didn't have to be sad for too long and Lisa had a new mom right away.

  • As Jeff grabs the keys, Richard ducks away, smiling with both hands in front of his face.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The secretary entered and left at once, coughing and clattering away charmingly upon her high heels.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The jukebox explodes with rock 'n' roll, and she jiggles away to the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."

    Fiction book (1990)
  • He worked tirelessly, pushing his thoughts away from distractions to focus on his goals.

Synonyms

continuously
vsaway
95 2.3

Happens without stopping or pausing

is used after verbs to show ongoing or unrestrained action

Idioms

960 1.0

Without any delay

79 2.8

At a distance of one mile or very easy to notice

33 4.1

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

worlds away
  • Informal
20 6.8

Very different in life, feeling, or situation

far far away
  • Literature
15 6.7

In a place you cannot get to easily, often used in stories

14 3.7

By a lot more than others

12 8.8

Put someone in prison for life with no hope of release

from a mile away
  • Informal
6 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

5 4.4

To spend a long time moving to music until very late at night

3 8.1

Agree to too much in a deal and lose money

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

Put someone in prison and never let them out

up and away
  • Informal
1 4.6

Started well and now moving forward quickly

Being lost in pleasant daydreams and not paying attention

9.9

Win first place in a competition

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

Extremely far away and hard to reach or get

Tells someone angrily to go away

9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment

Far better than the others

To travel to a distant place to find adventure

Compounds

109 3.2

Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time

78 3.8

Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay

26 2.6

Getting rid of things you do not want

24 3.2

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

11 5.8

Choosing to avoid someone or to stop something from happening

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

7 4.9

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own

5 3.8

A slow loss of brightness, sound, or strength until almost gone

2 7.5

Parts of the body slowly become smaller because of disease or lack of use

1 3.5

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

1 2.3

Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop

4.9

Ready for a pickup service to take away

3.4

A service that takes away unwanted items

4.1

A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items

wearing away
  • Specialized
5.1

Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing

How Constant

relentlessly
53 4.9
constantly
740 1.0
away
1.0
regularly
386 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0

Surface Forms

away positive

Etymology

Away comes from a- ('from') + way ('way'), so it gives the picture of moving along a road or path. That's why to work or keep at something 'away' means to go on steadily without stopping.