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*away (from someone or something)

avoiding someone or something; maintaining a physical distance from someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; keep ~; stay~.) Please keep away from me if you have a cold. Stay away from the construction site, Timmy.

away

mod. in prison. (see also Are we away?.) My cousin is away for a year.

See:

• a heartbeat away from being
• a home away from home
• a home from home
• a mile away
• a stone's throw away
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• apple a day
• Are we away?
• avert (something) (away) from
• away
• away from (one's) desk
• away from desk
• away from it all
• away game
• away with the fairies
• back away
• bang (away) at
• bang away
• barter away
• be away with the fairies
• be blown away
• be far and away
• be far and away the [best etc.]
• be light years away
• be light years away from
• be miles away
• be over the hills and far away
• be well away
• bear away the bell
• beaver away
• blast away
• blast off
• blaze away
• blow away
• blow away the cobwebs
• blow someone away
• blowed away
• blown away
• boil away
• bottle (something) away
• break away
• breeze away
• bring away
• brush away
• burn away
• Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
• bury away
• by far
• call away
• carried away
• carry away
• cart away
• cart off
• cast aside
• cast away
• chase away
• chew away
• chip away
• chuck away
• clear away
• clear out
• come away
• come away empty-handed
• come away with
• conduct away
• Constant dropping wears away a stone
• creep away
• cringe away from
• crumble away
• cut at
• cut away
• dash away
• dawdle away
• deflect away from
• die away
• do away with
• drag away
• drain away
• draw apart
• draw away
• draw fire from
• dream away
• drift away
• drive away
• drop away
• dwindle away
• ease away
• eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
• eat away
• eat away at
• ebb away
• edge away
• explain away
• face away
• fade away
• fade out
• faint dead away
• fall away
• fall away toward
• far and away
• far and away the best
• fend away
• fiddle away
• file away
• fire away
• flake away
• fling away
• flow away
• flush away
• fly away
• fold away
• fool away
• forge away at (something)
• frighten away
• fritter away
• from a mile away
• from away
• gamble away
• get (one's) end away
• get away
• get away from
• get away from it all
• get away scot-free
• get away with
• get away with murder
• Get away with you!
• Get away!
• get carried away
• get end away
• give (oneself) away
• give away
• give away the shop
• give away the store
• give the game away
• glide away
• gnaw away
• go away
• go away empty-handed
• go away with
• Go away!
• go over the hills and far away
• going away
• grab away
• grind away
• grow away from
• guide away
• guide away from
• hack away
• hammer away
• hammer away at
• harp away at (someone or something)
• have it away
• He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
• head away from
• heartbeat away from being (something)
• hide away
• hire away
• home away from home
• hurl away
• hurry away
• idle away
• incline away
• jabber away
• jaw away
• jerk away
• keep away
• kick away
• kiss away
• knock away
• ladybug ladybug, fly away home
• laugh away
• laugh away at
• laugh off
• lay aside
• lay away
• laze away
• leach away
• loaf away
• lock (someone) up and throw away the key
• lock away
• loiter away
• look away
• lure away
• make away with
• melt away
• million miles away
• moon away
• motion away from
• move away
• move away from
• nibble away at
• one that got away
• one's home away from home
• out and away
• over the hills and far away
• pack away
• pass away
• peel away
• peel off
• peg away
• peg away at
• pick away
• pick away at (something)
• piddle away
• pine away
• pipe away
• piss away
• piss something away
• pitch away
• plane away
• play away from home
• plod away at
• plug away
• pound away
• prune away
• pull away
• pull away from
• purge away
• put aside
• put away
• put someone away
• put something away
• rattle away
• remain away
• ride away
• right away
• rip away
• rip off
• roar away
• rode hard and put away wet
• roll away
• rot away
• rub away
• run away
• run away with
• rust away
• sag away
• salt away
• scamper away
• scare away
• scare away from
• scrape away
• scratch away
• scribble away
• scrub away
• scuttle away
• seep away
• sell in May and go away
• sell in May and stay away
• send away
• send away for
• send away with
• send away with a flea in ear
• shot-away
• shot-up
• shy away
• shy away from
• sidle away
• sign (one's) life away
• sign away
• slave away
• slave away at something
• sleep away
• slink away
• slip away
• slip out
• slither away
• slog away
• slope away from
• slug away (at something)
• smooth away
• sneak away
• sock away
• soft answer turneth away wrath
• speed away
• spirit away
• sponge away
• squander away
• square away
• squared away
• squirrel away
• squirrel something away
• stash away
• stay away
• steal away
• steer away from
• stone's throw
• stone's throw away
• store away
• stow away
• straight away
• straight off
• strain away
• stretch away
• stretch away to
• strip away
• sweep away
• swept away
• tail away
• tail off
• take away
• take away from
• take breath away
• Take it away!
• take one's breath away
• tear away
• this too shall pass (away)
• throw away
• throw away on
• throw money away
• throw-away
• thrust away from
• tick away
• toddle away
• toss away
• tow away
• trail off
• trickle away
• trifle away
• trim away
• tuck away
• tucked away
• tug away
• turn away
• up and away
• vanish away
• walk away
• walk away from
• walk away scot-free
• walk away with
• walk off with
• wander away
• warn away
• warn away from
• wash away
• wash someone away
• waste away
• wave away
• wear away
• wear away at
• whale away
• wheedle away from
• wheel away
• When the cat's away
• when the cat's away, the mice will play
• while a period of time away
• while away
• whip away
• whisk away
• whittle away
• Wild horses couldn't drag away
• will away
• win away
• wink away
• winnow away
• wipe away
• wish away
• wither away
• within a stone's throw
• woo away
• work away
• worlds away
• write away
• write away for
• yank away
• You'll never get away with it