to go away
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1.0
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ əˈweɪ/
:
desaparecer
- Cultural bias, a fact of American life, isn't going away any time soon.
- a problem goes away
- symptoms go away
- issues go away
If it all went away, no big deal.
- If it all went away, no big deal.
- Now not so much and it kind of went away, but it's still something.
- Eventually it will go away, as will we all.
- And that all goes away with blockchain.
- And yet heart disease isn't going away and it's actually getting worse.
- So the good news is design never goes away as a macro.
- And, and, and if it goes away, you know, we'll all be sorry.
- Just that itch that never goes away, never goes away.
- And then either you find it and it goes away, or you have it.
- If the dollar goes away, the world is so indifferent.
- When the adrenaline started going away, I didn't feel too much pain.
- That doesn't make it go away, but at least we know if it's there.
Examples
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When I asked the argument to stop, I hoped the tension would go away as well.
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The fears that were muddling my thoughts just went away.
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Eventually it will go away, as will we all.
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It's like all of my problems have gone away!
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Did your pain eventually go away?
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So why bury your head in the sand and hope it goes away?
Academic text (2011) -
This story won't go away until he goes away.
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And in a few days, the pins-and-needles sensation did go away, and she thought no more about it.
Fiction book (1992) -
After the storm passed, the dark clouds began to go away and the sun came out.
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With time, the pain will eventually go away and you'll feel better.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stop being seen or to no longer be there
531
1.2
To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud
421
3.0
Disappear suddenly and completely for no clear reason
255
1.0
Stop burning or shining, like a candle
93
4.0
An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops
69
3.0
To become weaker and then disappear over time
48
6.8
To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension
47
3.7
To stop existing over time, for example animals or traditions
43
3.9
To slowly disappear or become less clear
32
3.4
To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing
22
1.0
To leave a place and not return
21
7.5
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
15
3.9
Gradually become harder to see or quieter until it disappears
15
3.2
Move slowly through the air or water until out of sight
12
3.5
To slowly disappear or stop existing
10
1.8
To take things away from a place to make it tidy
9
5.6
To slowly become weaker and then stop
8
4.2
To become quieter and then stop
8
4.4
To vanish suddenly with no trace
1
4.6
Slowly get smaller in number or amount until nothing remains
1
5.6
To move back slowly, like water leaving a shore
1
8.1
Disappear completely so no one knows what happened and no sign is left
1
7.5
To stop being seen or heard from by others
1
8.2
To disappear completely because of neglect or bad weather
To disappear slowly like mist
Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
To stop being noticed or thought about by someone
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to disappear or leave' is directly derivable from 'go' (move) + 'away' (to another place), following a common verb + particle motion construction. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically frequent and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Go away uses the same picture: go, move, and away, out of sight. Think of fog or pain slowly moving off and disappearing. That picture explains why it means 'to disappear' or 'become no longer noticeable'.