away

*away (from someone or something)

avoiding someone or something; maintaining a physical distance from someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; keep ~; stay~.) Please keep away from me if you have a cold. Stay away from the construction site, Timmy.

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a heartbeat away from being a home away from home a home from home a mile away An apple a day keeps the doctor away away away from desk away from it all back away bang away barter away be away with the fairies be far and away the [best etc.] be light years away be light years away from be miles away be well away blast away blaze away blow away blow away the cobwebs boil away break away breeze away bring away brush away burn away Burn not your house to fright the mouse away bury away by far call away carried away carry away cart away cast aside chew away chip away chuck away clear away come away come away empty-handed come away with conduct away Constant dropping wears away a stone creep away cringe away from crumble away cut at cut away dash away dawdle away deflect away from die away do away with drag away drain away draw apart draw away draw fire from dream away drift away drive away drop away dwindle away ease away eat away eat away at ebb away edge away explain away face away fade away fade out faint dead away fall away fall away toward far and away the best fiddle away file away fire away flake away fling away flow away flush away fly away fold away frighten away fritter away gamble away get away get away from get away from it all get away scot-free

get away with get away with murder Get away with you! get carried away get end away give away give the game away glide away go away go away empty-handed go away with Go away! grab away grind away grow away from guide away guide away from have it away He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day head away from hide away hire away hurl away hurry away idle away incline away jerk away keep away kick away kiss away knock away laugh away laugh away at lay away laze away leach away loaf away lock away loiter away look away lure away make away with melt away million miles away moon away motion away from move away move away from nibble away at one that got away one's home away from home pack away pass away peel away peel off pick away piddle away pine away pipe away pitch away plane away play away from home plod away at plug away pound away prune away pull away from purge away put away rattle away remain away ride away right away rip away rip off roar away roll away rot away rub away run away run away with rust away sag away salt away scamper away scare away scare away from scare off scrape away scratch away scribble away scrub away scuttle away

seep away send away send away for send away with send away with a flea in ear shy away shy away from sidle away sign away slave away sleep away slink away slip away slither away slope away from smooth away sneak away sock away soft answer turneth away wrath speed away spirit away sponge away squander away square away squared away squirrel away stash away steal away steer away from stone's throw away store away stow away strain away stretch away stretch away to strip away sweep away swept away take away take away from take breath away Take it away! tear away throw away throw away on thrust away from tick away toddle away toss away tow away trail off trickle away trifle away trim away tuck away tucked away tug away turn away up and away vanish away walk away from walk away with wander away warn away from wash away waste away wave away wear away wear away at wheedle away from wheel away When the cat's away When the cat's away, the mice will play while a period of time away while away whip away whisk away whittle away whittle down Wild horses couldn't drag away will away win away wink away wipe away wish away wither away within a stone's throw woo away work away write away write away for yank away You'll never get away with it