go away

verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away
Synonyms of go awaynext
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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Nonetheless, since Wolf the question of Homer’s origins has never gone away. Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Untreated, symptoms can last for weeks and may go away and then return. Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The debate over young people’s screen time is not going away. Gabriel E. Hales, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 My son wrote a letter to producer [Scott Dunlop] for a show about kids going away to college and coming back to a privileged life. Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 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 24 Jul. 2026.

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