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go away

phr. v..
A2 Elementary Oxford

phr. v.. To leave a place or person. You can also use it as a direct command to tell someone to leave you alone.

phr. v.. To depart from a location; an intransitive phrasal verb. It is also frequently used as an imperative to command someone to leave.


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.

Particles
away
Separability
inseparable
Pattern
go + away
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.

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