away

*away (from someone or something)

avoiding someone or something; maintaining a physical distance from someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; keep ~; stay~.) Please keep away from me if you have a cold. Stay away from the construction site, Timmy.

away

mod. in prison. (see also Are we away?.) My cousin is away for a year.

See:

a heartbeat away from being
a home away from home
a home from home
a mile away
a stone's throw away
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
apple a day
Are we away?
avert (something) (away) from
away
away from (one's) desk
away from desk
away from it all
away game
away with the fairies
back away
bang (away) at
bang away
barter away
be away with the fairies
be blown away
be far and away
be far and away the [best etc.]
be light years away
be light years away from
be miles away
be over the hills and far away
be well away
bear away the bell
beaver away
blast away
blast off
blaze away
blow away
blow away the cobwebs
blow someone away
blowed away
blown away
boil away
bottle (something) away
break away
breeze away
bring away
brush away
burn away
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
bury away
by far
call away
carried away
carry away
cart away
cart off
cast aside
cast away
chase away
chew away
chip away
chuck away
clear away
clear out
come away
come away empty-handed
come away with
conduct away
Constant dropping wears away a stone
creep away
cringe away from
crumble away
cut at
cut away
dash away
dawdle away
deflect away from
die away
do away with
drag away
drain away
draw apart
draw away
draw fire from
dream away
drift away
drive away
drop away
dwindle away
ease away
eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
eat away
eat away at
ebb away
edge away
explain away
face away
fade away
fade out
faint dead away
fall away
fall away toward
far and away
far and away the best
fend away
fiddle away
file away
fire away
flake away
fling away
flow away
flush away
fly away
fold away
fool away
forge away at (something)
frighten away
fritter away
from a mile away
from away
gamble away
get (one's) end away
get away
get away from
get away from it all
get away scot-free
get away with
get away with murder
Get away with you!
Get away!
get carried away
get end away
give (oneself) away
give away
give away the shop
give away the store
give the game away
glide away
gnaw away
go away
go away empty-handed
go away with
Go away!
go over the hills and far away
going away
grab away
grind away
grow away from
guide away
guide away from
hack away
hammer away
hammer away at
harp away at (someone or something)
have it away
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
head away from
heartbeat away from being (something)
hide away
hire away
home away from home
hurl away
hurry away
idle away
incline away
jabber away
jaw away
jerk away
keep away
kick away
kiss away
knock away
ladybug ladybug, fly away home
laugh away
laugh away at
laugh off
lay aside
lay away
laze away
leach away
loaf away
lock (someone) up and throw away the key
lock away
loiter away
look away
lure away
make away with
melt away
million miles away
moon away
motion away from
move away
move away from
nibble away at
one that got away
one's home away from home
out and away
over the hills and far away
pack away
pass away
peel away
peel off
peg away
peg away at
pick away
pick away at (something)
piddle away
pine away
pipe away
piss away
piss something away
pitch away
plane away
play away from home
plod away at
plug away
pound away
prune away
pull away
pull away from
purge away
put aside
put away
put someone away
put something away
rattle away
remain away
ride away
right away
rip away
rip off
roar away
rode hard and put away wet
roll away
rot away
rub away
run away
run away with
rust away
sag away
salt away
scamper away
scare away
scare away from
scrape away
scratch away
scribble away
scrub away
scuttle away
seep away
sell in May and go away
sell in May and stay away
send away
send away for
send away with
send away with a flea in ear
shot-away
shot-up
shy away
shy away from
sidle away
sign (one's) life away
sign away
slave away
slave away at something
sleep away
slink away
slip away
slip out
slither away
slog away
slope away from
slug away (at something)
smooth away
sneak away
sock away
soft answer turneth away wrath
speed away
spirit away
sponge away
squander away
square away
squared away
squirrel away
squirrel something away
stash away
stay away
steal away
steer away from
stone's throw
stone's throw away
store away
stow away
straight away
straight off
strain away
stretch away
stretch away to
strip away
sweep away
swept away
tail away
tail off
take away
take away from
take breath away
Take it away!
take one's breath away
tear away
this too shall pass (away)
throw away
throw away on
throw money away
throw-away
thrust away from
tick away
toddle away
toss away
tow away
trail off
trickle away
trifle away
trim away
tuck away
tucked away
tug away
turn away
up and away
vanish away
walk away
walk away from
walk away scot-free
walk away with
walk off with
wander away
warn away
warn away from
wash away
wash someone away
waste away
wave away
wear away
wear away at
whale away
wheedle away from
wheel away
When the cat's away
when the cat's away, the mice will play
while a period of time away
while away
whip away
whisk away
whittle away
Wild horses couldn't drag away
will away
win away
wink away
winnow away
wipe away
wish away
wither away
within a stone's throw
woo away
work away
worlds away
write away
write away for
yank away
You'll never get away with it

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
EsbjÖRn	-	Swedish
Akua	-	Western African, Akan
Nikodim	-	Russian, Macedonian
Kalyana	-	Indian, Telugu
Applegate	['æplga:θ]
Solly	-	Jewish