go away

phrasal verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away

1

: to leave a place or person

She angrily told him to go away and stop bothering her.

2

: to leave home for a period of time

They're going away on vacation.

After graduating from high school, he went away to college.

3

: to stop existing or happening : to end

I just wish there was some way to make the pain go away.

Examples of go away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some analysts caution that the coal, oil and gas aren’t going away in many places. —Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025

This is usually harmless and goes away when intake is reduced. —Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 7 Nov. 2025

There's not enough demand because the markets have kind of gone away because of the lack of fish and now our challenge is to rebuild these markets, to bring back the folks that used to buy their seafood from the US. —Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025

And, the city's budget director, Nik Kovac, said these pressures will not go away any time soon. —Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for go away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway