Phrasal verb
go away
Definition
phrasal verb. To leave a place or person. You can also use it as a direct command to tell someone to leave you alone.
phrasal verb. To depart from a location; an intransitive phrasal verb. It is also frequently used as an imperative to command someone to leave.
Examples
“We go away for a week every summer.”
“The headache finally started to go away after I took some medicine.”
“The persistent feeling of unease would not go away, lingering long after the strange event had concluded.”
Examples
simple
“We go away for a week every summer.”
contextual
“The headache finally started to go away after I took some medicine.”
complex
“The persistent feeling of unease would not go away, lingering long after the strange event had concluded.”
Usage
As a command, 'Go away!' is very direct and can be considered rude.
Teaching tip
Contrast the literal meaning of travel ('go away for the weekend') with the abrupt imperative ('Go away!'), which carries a strong negative pragmatic force.
Pitfall
He went away the city.
He went away from the city.
'Go away' is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; a preposition like 'from' is needed to specify the location.
Phrasal verb
Particles
away
Separability
inseparable
Pattern
go + away