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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The problem Zhou discovered when MadaData collapsed has not gone away. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 These kinds of launches, at least on Falcon 9, will likely go away in a couple of years as SpaceX transitions to the much larger Starship rocket. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 When adding people doesn’t seem to make the workload go away, then the issue might be more about a capability gap. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In their statement, Starz warned that Starz channels, Starz On Demand and the Starz app were in danger of going away on Verizon Fios. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2026.

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