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Definition: Go Away |
Go AwayVerb1. Move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon". 2. Go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?" "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight". 3. Become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke. 4. Get lost, esp. without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | Dutch (opsodemieteren), English (fuck around, fuck off), Galician (vay facer merda), German (verpissen, sich ), Latin (perite), Quebecois (crisse moi patience). (references) |
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Synonyms: Go AwaySynonyms: depart (v), disappear (v), go (v), go forth (v), leave (v), vanish (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: appear (v), arrive (v), come (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence | Withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate; go away. |
Avoidance | Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject. |
Departure | Verb: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from. |
Disrepute | Play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background; (modesty); be conscious of disgrace; (humility); look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away. |
Ejection | Interjection: begone! get you gone! get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you! go your way! away with! off with you! get the hell out of here!, go about your business! be off! avaunt! aroynt! allez-vous-en! jao! va-t'en! |
Recession | Verb: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart; retreat; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away; (avoid). |
The Past | Verb: be past; Adjective: have expired; Adjective:, have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Go Away |
| English words defined with "go away": A flea in the ear, absent ♦ Begone, blink, blink away ♦ chase away, clear ♦ depart, desorb, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out ♦ go forth, Go to ♦ leave ♦ quit ♦ remove, run off ♦ take leave, Tantivy, To break away, To break from, To get off, To make off, To pass off, To put off, turn back ♦ walk away, walk off, warn, wink, work off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "go away": Easter egging, Evacuate ♦ fuck yourself, fucking around, fucks around ♦ get lost ♦ irreversible toxicity ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ Vacate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "go away": Ago. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You've got to go away, Robert. (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) No, now go away before I taunt you a second time. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Go away (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott) All you need to do is sign it, and then go away. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin) I know what it's like to see ghosts that don't go away, to be watching a scary movie in your head watching it alone. (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger) | |
Lyrics | B4 i let u go away (Before I Let You Go; performing artist: Blackstreet) But easily you might just go away (Sentimental Lady; performing artist: BOB WELCH; writing credit: Bob Welch) Guess I had to go away, (I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love; performing artist: Chicago) And if I should ever go away ("That's What Friends Are For"; performing artist: Dionne Warwick & Friends) If you should go away (Fame and Fortune; performing artist: Elvis Presley) | |
Clever | New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Go Away Rain Rain (1972) | |
Song Titles | If You Go Away (performing artist: Neil Diamond) Everytime You Go Away (performing artist: Paul Young) Go Away Little Girl (performing artist: Steve Lawrence) | |
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Bruyere | A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. |
Thomas Love Peacock | I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. |
Thomas p Kempis | Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last. |
Tori Amos | The way I see it, the men that I'm with, whoever they are, it's like look, you have to accept that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can't accept that, then leave. Go away. Toodles. It is non-negotiable. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We must go away from this house, but we shall come back, and we shall be very well off here. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It will go away. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ruthie tried to go away. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They often go away after a few hours. (references) | |
All of the symptoms do not go away completely. (references) | ||
Symptoms will usually go away within a few weeks. (references) | ||
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Dennis Miller | Sure, you're family at the Olive Garden, until you ask them for a loan or try to get them to watch your kids while you go away for a long weekend. |
Gennifer Flowers | I could have. I could have continued to lie, but I decided I didn't want to lie anymore. I didn't feel comfortable lying any longer, and I honestly felt that if I told the truth it would go away. |
Tom Brokaw | You know, and it's in Europe, the burning of the synagogues, and the resentment of what Israel is doing. I wish I could say if we hit this switch, it will go away. I think a lot of it has to do with envy and resentment. I really believe that. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | The world's troubles will not go away. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I have often wondered how my mother, when she was a young widow, would have been able to go away to school and get an education and come back and support me if my grandparents hadn't been able to take care of me. |
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Expressions using "go away": go away for the holidays ♦ go away from ♦ go away in disgust ♦ go away on business ♦ go away with a flea in. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "go away"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | vertrek (absent onself, chamber, depart, departure, leave, leaves, room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pushoj të bëj diçka, largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خرج (exit, give off, go, go out, march out, ooze, out, pannier, party, step out), إنصرف (clear off, clear out, depart, dismiss, get away, go off, make tracks, part, pop off, run along, scram, sling one's hook, take off, vacate), إبتعد (distance, feel one's way, fuck off, give a wide berth, keep away, pull away, recede, roll away, stand, subside, sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отивам си (be off, buzz, clear off, exit, get away, go, go off, leave, off it, part, pass, piss off, pop off, pull away, push along, quit, remove, run along, sheer off, shunt, take off, walk away), отдалечавам се (go off, recede, ride away, ride off, roll away, stray), заминавам (depart, leave, ride away, roll away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遰 (migrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztratit se (astray, clear up, disappear, go, lose oneself, make oneself scarce, stray), vystìhovat se (emigrate, go out, move out), utišit se (calm, calm down, drop, pipe down, quieten, still), přestat (cease, cut it out, discontinue, drop, go through, have done with, leave, leave off, let up, quit, stop), odeznít se, odejít (come away, come off, depart, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, quit, retire, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away, walk off), odcházet (go). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | afrejse (absent onself, depart, departure, drive away, drive off, leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zich verwýderen (absent onself, depart, leave), weggaan (absent onself, depart, leave, start out), vertrekken (absent onself, contort, depart, drive away, drive off, fly away, leave, quarters, start off, twist), afgaan (absent onself, attend, call on, depart, go off, leave, see, visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | foriru. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | fara avstað (absent onself, depart, leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poistua (get off, leave, withdraw), mennä pois (depart, leave), lähteä pois (leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | partir (go, go off, go out), s'en aller (go). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fortgehen (absent onself, depart, leave, quit, to go away, walkaway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φύγε (begone, shoo), φεύγω (buzz off, clear away, clear off, clear out, come away, drive away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go off, leave, pull out, run along, scurry, slope off, take oneself off, wear off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לזוז (budge, move, shift, stir), ל"סתלק (be off, depart, exit, get away, go off, make off, pop off, retire, scat, scram, sheer off, skip, take off, withdraw), לצאת (emerge, exit, get out, go, go out, pull out), לסור (depart from, deviate, digress, drop in, leave off, move, pass away, step aside, turn, turn aside), 'ש "לא" (get out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eltávozik (come away, to bow out, to clear off, to depart, to get off, to go off, to take leave, to take one's departure), elmegy (betake, check out, depart, egress, flit, go, go off, go with, leave, left, off it, pass out, take off, to chase oneself, to check out, to go away, to go forth, to go off, to go past, to leave, to leave for, to march off, to piss off, to push off, to put over, to quit, to resort, to sally forth, to sheer off, to sod off, to take leave, to take one's departure, to turkey off, to turn away, to visit), belefog (commence, lead off, -taken, to pipe up, to undertake, -took, undertake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | fara (absent onself, depart, go/leave, leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | enyah (get out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | partire (absent, absent onself, depart, go, leave, leaving, pull away, run, set off, start, start off, start out, steam away, take off, troop away, troop off), andarsene (absent, absent onself, buzz off, depart, get along, go, leave, Sally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 去る (to go away, to leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょ'さける (to go away for the summer, to summer), さる (a certain, a particular, monkey, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac, to go away, to leave), はなれる (to be a long way off, to be separated from, to cut oneself off, to get free, to go away, to leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goll ersooyl (move off, waning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | dra bort (absent onself, depart, leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | sali (absent onself, depart, exit, go out, leave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogay awayay usunąć. (various references) viajar (coach, go, itinerate, journey, passage, peregrinate, ride, to travel, travel, visit, wander), sumir (disappear, scram), partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fissure, flit, foliate, fracture, go, knap, leave, outbreak, part, pull out, quit, sail, shove off, slice, smash, split, start, start running, take off, take one's leave), ir embora (get away, get out, leave, make off, off, put out, take off), deixar (allow, depart, drop off, forsake, get away, go, go out, have, leave, leave behind, leave out, let, let go, move out, quit, release, see, step out, take one's leave, throw over, to avoid, to leave, unhand). (various references) se îndepårta (absent onself, depart, leave), pleca (absent onself, depart, get away, get off, go, leave, make away with, pack off, pack up and be off, put off, sail, set out, shuffle off, start, take one's departure, take oneself off, withdraw). (various references) уходить (come away, depart, go, go off, leave, march off, naff off, scram, take away, vamoose, vamose), разойтись (break up, part), отойти (move away). (various references) imich (absent onself, depart, go, leave), falbh (absent onself, depart, go falbhan, going, gone away, leave, leaving, to leave, walking : air falbh), f g (abandon, absent onself, depart, forsake, leave, quit). (various references) otići (depart, get over, go along, go off, hive off, leave, pull out, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave, turn away). (various references) marcharse (clear out, come away, come off, depart, drive away, drive off, get off, go, go along, go down, go off, leak away, leak out, leave, quit, take away, tear down, throw down, throw over, toddle, troop, trot, trot along, trot away, trot off). (various references) gå sin kos. (various references) gitmek (apply, betake oneself to, bugger off, depart, fare, give, go, go together, head, head for, hop it, hop off, repair, resort, roll, run, steer for, step, strike out, take one's way, take to, to go, turn to, wend one's way, work in with), defolup gitmek (beat it, do a fade-out, pack, shove off, split), defolmak (be off, beat it, clear off, clear out, push off, vamoose, vamose), birakmak (absent onself, depart, leave). (various references) іти геть (make off, mosey, run along, shove off, take away). (various references) gadael (abandon, absent onself, accord, admit, afford, allow, depart, leave, let, permit). (various references) luk'ul (absent onself, depart, escape, flee, leave, run away). (various references) -suka (absent onself, depart, leave), -hamba (absent onself, depart, go, leave, travel, walk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abætere, abdi, abdiam, abditis, abdito, abeam, abeat, abeatis, abeuntes, abeuntibus, abi, abiam, abibant, abibo, abibunt, abiens, abierant, abierat, abierint, abieris, abierit, abieritis, abiero, abierunt, abieruntque, abies, abii, abiit, abiitque, abire, abirem, abiret, abisse, abissem, abissent, abisset, abisti, abisue, abite, abitere, abivimus, abscedere, digressi, discedo, excedant, excedendo, excedens, excederet, excedimus, excessi, excessit, excessu, excessum, excessus, migrabant, migrabit, migrabunt, migrans, migrantium, migrare, migravit. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 8, Verse 34 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai idou pasa h poliV exhlqen eiV sunanthsin tw ihsou kai idonteV auton parekalesan opwV metabh apo twn oriwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ecce tota civitas exiit obviam Iesu et viso eo rogabant ut transiret a finibus eorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða eode eall syo ceaster-ware togenesþam hælende & þa þa hyo. hine ge-sægenþa beden hyo hine þæt he ferde fram heregemæron. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And lo! al the citee wente out ayens Jhesu; and whanne thei hadden seyn hym, thei preieden, that he wolde passe fro her coostis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And beholde all the cyte came out and met Iesus. And when they sawe hym they besought hym to departe oute of their costes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 8, Verse 34 |
| Cebuano | Ug tan-awa, ang tibuok lungsod miadto sa pagsugat kang Jesus; ug sa ilang pagkakita kaniya, gihangyo nila siya sa pagpahawa sa ilang kayutaan. |
| Chinese | 合 城 的 人 、 都 出 來 迎 見 耶 穌 . 既 見 了 、 就 央 求 他 離 開 他 們 的 境 界 。 |
| Croatian | I gle, sav grad iziðe u susret Isusu. Kad ga ugledaše, zamole ga da ode iz njihova kraja. |
| Danish | Og se, hele Byen gik ud for at møde Jesus; og da de så ham, bade de ham om; at han vilde gå bort fra deres Egn. |
| Dutch | En ziet, de gehele stad ging uit, Jezus tegemoet; en als zij Hem zagen, baden zij, dat Hij uit hun landpalen wilde vertrekken. |
| Finnish | Ja katso, koko kaupunki lähti Jeesusta vastaan; ja kun he hänet näkivät, pyysivät he häntä menemään pois heidän alueeltaan. |
| French | Alors toute la ville sortit la rencontre de Jésus; et, dès qu`ils le virent, ils le supplièrent de quitter leur territoire. |
| German | Und siehe, da ging die ganze Stadt heraus Jesu entgegen. Und da sie ihn sahen, baten sie ihn, daß er aus ihrer Gegend weichen wollte. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, tout moun lavil la soti vin jwenn Jezi. Lè yo wè l', yo mande li: Tanpri souple, ale fè wout ou. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka semua orang di kota itu pun pergi menjumpai Yesus. Waktu mereka melihat Yesus, mereka minta dengan sangat supaya Ia meninggalkan daerah mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segeralah keluar seisi negeri mendapatkan Yesus; serta dilihatnya Dia, lalu dipintanya Dia akan undur daripada daerah jajahannya. |
| Manx Gaelic | As cur-my-ner, haink y slane ard-valley magh quail Yeesey, as tra honnick ad eh, ghuee ad er, eh dy gholl roish ass ny ardjyn oc. |
| Maori | Na puta katoa ana te pa ki waho, ki te whakatau i a Ihu; a ka kite i a ia, ka tohe kia haere atu ia i o ratou wahi. |
| Norwegian | Og se, hele byen kom ut og møtte Jesus, og da de så ham, bad de ham gå bort fra deres landemerker. |
| Portuguese | E eis que toda a cidade saiu ao encontro de Jesus; e vendo- o, rogaram-lhe que se retirasse dos seus termos. |
| Rumanian | Wi iatq cq toatq cetatea a iewit kn kntkmpinarea lui Isus; wi, cum L-au vqzut, L-au rugat sq plece din yinutul lor. |
| Shuar | Nuyá Ashí Nú peprunmaya shuar Jesusan inkiuntai tusar ashinkiarmiayi. Tura inkiunkar ni nunkeya waketkiti tusar seawarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, watu wote katika mji ule walitoka, wakamwendea Yesu; na walipomwona, wakamsihi aondoke katika nchi yao. |
| Swedish | Då gick hela staden ut för att möta Jesus; och när de fingo se honom, bådo de att han skulle begiva sig bort ifrån deras område. |
| Uma | Toe pai' mo'iko-ramo tumai pue' ngata doko' mpohirua' -ki Yesus. Karahilo-na Yesus, raperapi' bona malai-i ngkai ngata-ra. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-o-w-y" | |
-2 letters: away, yoga. | |
-3 letters: aga, ago, awa, gay, goa, goy, wag, way, wog, yaw, yow. | |
-4 letters: aa, ag, aw, ay, go, ow, oy, wo, ya, yo. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Expressions | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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