go away

phrasal verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away

: to leave a place or person

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

: to leave home for a period of time

They're going away on vacation.

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

: 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

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