go away
phrasal verb
went away; gone away; going away; goes away
1
: to leave a place or person
She angrily told him to go away and stop bothering her.
2
: to leave home for a period of time
They're going away on vacation.
After graduating from high school, he went away to college.
3
: to stop existing or happening : to end
I just wish there was some way to make the pain go away.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The Buckeyes return with a much different team than the national champions of last year, but high expectations never go away in Columbus.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Even though the database was taken offline, the bigger problem hasn't gone away.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The Buckeyes return with a much different team than the national champions of last year, but high expectations never go away in Columbus.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Since then, concern over the latter two has not exactly gone away, and tariff wars have only added to investor
...
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 June 2025
Even though the database was taken offline, the bigger problem hasn't gone away.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for go away
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“Go away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20away. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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