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away

away

333 1.0
To keep doing something without stopping
  • adverb
  • /əˈweɪ/
: 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
92 2.3

Happens without stopping or pausing

is used after verbs to show ongoing or unrestrained action

Idioms

915 1.0

Without any delay

161 2.8

At a distance of one mile or very easy to notice

far far away
  • Literature
41 6.7

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

18 8.8

Put someone in prison for life with no hope of release

16 3.7

By a lot more than others

worlds away
  • Informal
16 6.8

Very different in life, feeling, or situation

from a mile away
  • Informal
11 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

7 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

3 9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

up and away
  • Informal
1 4.6

Started well and now moving forward quickly

Being lost in pleasant daydreams and not paying attention

1 8.1

To travel to a distant place to find adventure

1 4.1

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

9.9

Win first place in a competition

Extremely far away and hard to reach or get

Tells someone angrily to go away

Put someone in prison and never let them out

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

Far better than the others

Compounds

38 3.2

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

26 3.2

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

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

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

6 3.5

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

4 5.8

Choosing to avoid someone or to stop something from happening

2 3.8

Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay

1 2.3

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

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

1 7.5

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

1 3.8

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

1 4.9

Ready for a pickup service to take away

wearing away
  • Specialized
1 5.1

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

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

3.4

A service that takes away unwanted items

4.1

A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items

Getting rid of things you do not want

How Constant

relentlessly
51 4.9
constantly
740 1.0
away
333 1.0
regularly
378 1.0
occasionally
407 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.