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.
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From my standpoint, beer is not going away.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
While the games themselves won’t go away, one change may be the timing of them, especially the SEC’s late-season, collective breathers.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
After all, the bad actors are not going away.
—James P. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
These problems haven’t gone away, so by zeroing in on these subjects, Kelly believes Democrats were able to find more success this past cycle.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
While the games themselves won’t go away, one change may be the timing of them, especially the SEC’s late-season, collective breathers.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
After all, the bad actors are not going away.
—James P. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
These problems haven’t gone away, so by zeroing in on these subjects, Kelly believes Democrats were able to find more success this past cycle.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for go away
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“Go away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20away. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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