away
- adverb
- /əˈweɪ/
- 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.
- I slept those two weeks away and then got a fat check.
- Yes, and then are you singing away in the Manger?
Examples
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If the mind wanders away, bring it back to that point.
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Then you grow away and back and away and back again, and...
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I slept those two weeks away and then got a fat check.
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It's a place to get away from stress and let your imagination run free.
Academic text (2008) -
You can't keep running away.
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Because Dale didn't have to be sad for too long and Lisa had a new mom right away.
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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
Happens without stopping or pausing
Idioms
- Informal
To spend a long time moving to music until very late at night
- Archaic
To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment
Compounds
How Constant
Surface Forms
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.