go (away)

verb

Definition of go (away)next
as in to separate

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  1. separate
  2. evaporate
  3. disappear
  4. flee
  5. fade
  6. melt
  7. evanesce
Verb
  • The leather chain separates from the meat chain early and runs through more hands, weakening the link between the tannery and the farm.
    — Maria Brozman, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The couple briefly separated in 2025 after the first season of the reality show had aired, but later reconciled.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of separate
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  • Any remaining limits on Nordic military cooperation evaporated once Finland and Sweden joined NATO following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in 2022.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • These sorts of stories don’t always age well, if only because there is so much time left for things to change and the early outliers to evaporate.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporate
Verb
  • Somebody had to be the responsible parent and get the kids to school instead of disappearing around the back roads of Rockport, Texas until four in the morning.
    — Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Supermassive black holes in distant galaxies can flare powerfully, appearing and then disappearing from view as well.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of disappear
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  • The sisters hoped to join their mother and a brother who had fled El Salvador a few years earlier and were living in Tennessee.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Some megabillionaires have already fled California since the tax was proposed.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of flee
Verb
  • Together, these mechanisms paint a richer picture of why Orion's giant star fades and brightens.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Republicans’ best pickup opportunity at the start of the cycle has faded away in Georgia.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of fade
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  • Rather than being stitched together, costumes are often heat bonded, with the plastic melted at the edges to join pieces.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In a large frying pan or cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat, melt the butter.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of melt
Verb
  • Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020
Definition of evanesce
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“Go (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20%28away%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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