go away

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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That could be due to high debt loads and monthly payments weighing on them or the fear that a high salary could go away without much warning in the event of a layoff, Evans says. Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 30 May 2026 Prevention The good news, Commins said, is that if a patient isn’t bitten again or repeatedly, alpha-gal syndrome goes away. Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026 That’s something in a feeling that will never go away. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 Here, by contrast, the government appears to be saying that a lawsuit against the IRS can end not merely with the lawsuit going away, but with the IRS itself being barred from looking backward. Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 May 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 31 May. 2026.

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