go away

phrasal verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away

: to leave a place or person

She angrily told him to go away and stop bothering her.

: to leave home for a period of time

They're going away on vacation.

After graduating from high school, he went away to college.

: to stop existing or happening : to end

I just wish there was some way to make the pain go away.

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The crisis in the Coast Guard’s rotary wing community not going away. —

Craig Hooper, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 Side effects are usually mild and go away on their own, the agency notes, and the vaccine has not been known to cause serious problems. —

Will McDuffie, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024 David Berding/Getty Images for People's Action Institute The fury over the state of U.S. health care isn't going away. —

Maria Aspan, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024 The virus never goes away, lying dormant in the nerve cells, and may occasionally reactivate and cause recurrent sores. —

Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go away