go away

verb

1. intr, adverb to leave, as when starting from home on holiday

Idioms and Phrases

Depart, leave a place, travel somewhere. For example, They went away this morning , or Are you going away this winter? This expression also can be used as an imperative ordering someone to leave: Go away! It can also be used figuratively to mean “disappear,” as in This fever just doesn't go away . [c. 1200]

Example Sentences

Kennedy and others have criticized such fees, but if those dollars went away, Congress would be unlikely to backfill them, Lurie said.

From Los Angeles Times

At times he sounded as if ministers very much wished the whole affair would simply go away.

From BBC

"I put the plan to them and they accepted it as a serious proposal, but it is one they need to go away and think about and consult upon," he said.

From BBC

Kane's interview will do nothing to make that suspicion go away.

From BBC

But officials here sometimes want these bad things to simply go away as quickly as possible.

From BBC

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