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 stench, a byproduct of papermaking, eased years ago with the installation of air-scrubbing equipment and went away completely in September when International Paper closed the mill after 90 years of operation. Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 July 2026 By the late 1950s, the compounds were turning up in human blood, and by the 1960s and '70s scientists had linked them to serious health harms, a risk profile that hasn't gone away. Refractor, 30 July 2026 If the city and/or county does not agree to release funding, the state’s money goes away. Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026 In his final remarks before leaving the protest camp at the Jantar Mantar observatory, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke hinted that his party was not going away. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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