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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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
The problem of these shadow networks isn’t going away, notwithstanding the inevitable assurances that will now come.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
So if the Education Department shutters, these too would need to be managed by a different agency but wouldn't necessarily go away.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
The Natalia Grace story isn’t going away any time soon.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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