go away

verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away
Synonyms of go awaynext
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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That dilemma will not go away as long as Ukraine’s own infrastructure is exposed to attack. — Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 This touch only came in 32GB and 64GB models; the less expensive 8 and 16GB versions went away. — Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 Things like doing telesales or telesupport or helping in the accounting department, the ability of the AI to do that work radically cheaper, radically faster, and even more accurately means that that goes away. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 Everyone accepts that this is a structural change that's not going away. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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