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GO AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get lost, as without warning or explanation
Example:
He disappeared without a trace
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go away"):
fall away; fall off (diminish in size or intensity)
fall (go as if by falling)
die (disappear or come to an end)
go (be abolished or discarded)
absent; remove (go away or leave)
blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off (disappear gradually)
fade; wither (lose freshness, vigor, or vitality)
skip town; take a powder (disappear without notifying anyone (idiom))
die off; die out (become extinct)
desorb (go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
These cars won't go away
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move away from a place into another direction
Example:
The train departs at noon
Synonyms:
depart; go; go away
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go away" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go away"):
blow; shove along; shove off (leave; informal or rude)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Go away from a place
Example:
The ship leaves at midnight
Synonyms:
go away; go forth; leave
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Verb group:
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
depart; leave; pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go away"):
abandon; empty; vacate (leave behind empty; move out of)
slip away; sneak away; sneak off; sneak out; steal away (leave furtively and stealthily)
break away; bunk; escape; fly the coop; head for the hills; hightail it; lam; run; run away; scarper; scat; take to the woods; turn tail (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run)
rush away; rush off (depart in a hurry)
get out; pull out (move out or away)
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
linger; tarry (leave slowly and hesitantly)
go out (take the field)
ride away; ride off (ride away on a horse, for example)
beetle off; bolt; bolt out; run off; run out (leave suddenly and as if in a hurry)
bugger off; buzz off; fuck off; get; scram (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form)
decamp; skip; vamoose (leave suddenly)
come away (leave in a certain condition)
walk out (leave abruptly, often in protest or anger)
walk away; walk off (go away from)
pop off (leave quickly)
depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)
desert (leave behind)
go out (leave the house to go somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue go away
Sense 4
Meaning:
Become invisible or unnoticeable
Example:
The effect vanished when day broke
Synonyms:
disappear; go away; vanish
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "go away" is one way to...):
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go away"):
dematerialise; dematerialize (become immaterial; disappear)
clear (go away or disappear)
bob under (disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The moon will soon go away
Context examples:
Side effects that are caused by toxic substances or something harmful to the body and do not go away.
(Irreversible toxicity, NCI Dictionary)
Others have symptoms that never go away.
(Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
They usually go away on their own, but if you have a serious case, you might need medicine or a shot.
(Hives, NIH)
Most high-risk human papillomavirus infections go away on their own without treatment, and do not cause cancer.
(High-risk human papillomavirus, NCI Dictionary)
Most high-risk HPV infections go away on their own without treatment, and do not cause cancer.
(high-risk HPV, NCI Dictionary)
But sometimes a stone will not go away.
(Kidney Stones, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Learning disorders do not go away, but strategies to work around them can make them less of a problem.
(Learning Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
If your symptoms don't go away, it's a clear signal that it's time to see your healthcare provider.
(Over-the-Counter Medicines, Food and Drug Administration)
You may need surgery if you have pain, are past menopause or if the cyst does not go away.
(Ovarian Cysts, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
Low-risk human papillomavirus infections do not cause cancer, and many go away on their own without treatment.
(Low-risk human papillomavirus, NCI Dictionary)
