come away from

phrasal verb

came away from; come away from; coming away from; comes away from

: to move away from (an area, place, etc.)

The guard told him to come away from the door.

—often used figuratively

Most readers come away from the book feeling reassured.

It was a difficult experience, but she came away from it a stronger and more confident person.

Examples of come away from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More recently, Scorsese’s 2023 historical crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon was nominated for 10 Oscars but came away from the ceremony empty-handed. —Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

Inter came away from that game understandably disappointed, but with a new sense of self. —James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025

Anybody hoping Brad Stevens would lay out a detailed plan for the Celtics’ offseason Monday afternoon came away from his end-of-season news conference disappointed. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025

The researchers came away from the experience thinking that what Google had demonstrated was essentially a superpowered search engine. —Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for come away from

• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• bum
• chum
• come