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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Demonstration sports went away after 1992, which was also the last time a summer and winter Games were held in the same year.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
The church will not go away; rather, new development will spring around it.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Thankfully, Sheila’s EKG and cardiac enzymes were normal and the chest pain went away.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
If the credit trading practice went away, manufacturers would possibly have even less incentive to develop and sell EVs.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
The church will not go away; rather, new development will spring around it.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Thankfully, Sheila’s EKG and cardiac enzymes were normal and the chest pain went away.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
If the credit trading practice went away, manufacturers would possibly have even less incentive to develop and sell EVs.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Go away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20away. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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