to come away
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3.7
- phrasal verb
- /kʌm əˈweɪ/
- Anyone searching Washington today for a similar vision will come away disappointed.
- come away from the experience
- come away feeling
- come away thinking
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I mean, like I say, I come away from this work a pessimist.
- And I mean, like I say, I come away from this work a pessimist.
- But you, it is easy to come away thinking that you love this town.
- So you may come away from it with with a concept.
- People who read him often come away quite confused.
- I think they come away thinking, OK, she she got through it.
- I still have meetings like that, but but most of the time I come away feeling good.
- But it's how did you manage to come away with that?
- Does it have an internal integrity in which you come away saying, I think I understand this now.
- And I came away thinking this guy may have a future in politics.
- And the, the thinking that I came away with and it was that we're born very young.
- Endless reams of Islamist terror and Islamist activity coming away unscathed.
- I think that some of the things that people came away with that they were not expecting was that there really are people that want to help you.
- I think a reasonable person listening to that conversation would come away with the conclusion that All in all, these vaccines are a good thing.
Examples
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We had a great time, and we came away with lots of amazing ideas.
Blog text (5) -
Students who have been exposed to anthropology often come away as cultural relativists.
Academic text (2000) -
But you, it is easy to come away thinking that you love this town.
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And I came away thinking this guy may have a future in politics.
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So you may come away from it with with a concept.
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OK well, we're going to try and answer all these questions and a whole lot more today so you can come away with some understanding.
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We will be playing our hearts out tomorrow for our fans, our country, and ourselves, and hopefully, we'll come away with the right result.
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President Obama came away from the meeting with renewed confidence.
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The reader will come away from an hour of Googling with a lot of information.
Academic text (2011) -
After the workshop, I came away with new skills that I couldn't wait to use.
Synonyms
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1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
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1.0
To leave a place or person and go somewhere else
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3.5
Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore
How Changed
73
3.7
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is related to the literal constituents: 'come' + 'away' signals moving away or leaving, and in contexts like 'came away feeling…' this motion is extended to a resultant state after an experience. However, the shift from physical movement to a resultant emotional or evaluative state is a metaphorical extension that is not fully predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner may only partially infer the precise meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Come away gives the image of leaving a place: the parts come and away show you move off while holding something, like a new idea or a strong feeling you take with you. So it means 'to leave a situation feeling a certain way' or 'to have learned something from an experience'.