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to wheel away

to wheel away

1 3.7
To move something by making it roll on its round parts
  • phrasal verb
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  • The radiant warmer would be wheeled away and replaced with a freshly cleaned one.

Examples

  • During a short break, the money is taken from under the table in a box, loaded into the cart, and wheeled away.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Jonny wheels away, furious.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Burnside nodded, checked me over to make sure I sat firmly settled, and wheeled away.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • As Renaldo wheeled away, Abiku sat on the pine stump counting the rings from the center outward.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The moving company wheeled away the heavy furniture with ease using their dolly.

  • After the concert, they wheeled away the sound equipment on large carts.

  • The caretaker wheeled away the trash bins after they had been emptied.

Synonyms

to wheel
vsto wheel away
70 2.0

To push something on its round turning parts or to ride in a vehicle that has them

is about taking things away by rolling them with a vehicle
to haul away
vsto wheel away
8 3.4

To take away large or heavy things using a vehicle

focuses on rolling items away rather than removing very heavy loads by vehicle
to cart away
vsto wheel away
  • Informal
1 4.1

To take something away in a vehicle, often because it is large or unwanted

is about moving items by rolling them, not just general vehicle transport
to wheelbarrow
vsto wheel away
1 3.8

To move something by pushing it on a small cart with one wheel

is broader and covers rolling things away with any vehicle

Antonyms

to leave behind
604 2.6

To go away from a place without taking someone or something with you

How Fast

to rush away
2 2.5
to scoot
  • Informal
29 2.8
to wheel away
1 3.7
to move
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

wheel away infinitive
wheeled away past
wheeled away past participle
wheeling away present participle
wheels away third person singular

Morphology

wheel + away

The meaning 'to move or remove something by rolling it on wheels' is directly and predictably composed from 'wheel' (to transport by wheels) plus 'away' (to another place/remove). This verb + particle pattern is a standard, cross-linguistically common composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The phrasal verb wheel away comes from the clear image of using a wheel to push something away, like rolling a stretcher, bike, or cart out of a room. So it means 'to move or remove something by rolling it'.