away

from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

• “ran away from the lion”
• “wanted to get away from there”
• “sent the children away to boarding school”
• “the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal”
• “went off to school”
• “they drove off”
• “go forth and preach”

from one''s possession

• “he gave out money to the poor”
• “gave away the tickets”

out of the way (especially away from one''s thoughts)

• “brush the objections aside”
• “pushed all doubts away”

out of existence

• “the music faded away”
• “tried to explain away the affair of the letter” H.E.Scudder
• “idled the hours away”
• “her fingernails were worn away”

at a distance in space or time

• “the boat was 5 miles off (or away)”
• “the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)”
• “away back in the 18th century”

indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

• “he worked away at the project for more than a year”
• “the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it”

so as to be removed or gotten rid of

• “cleared the mess away”
• “the rotted wood had to be cut away”

freely or at will

• “fire away!”

in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

• “put the toys away”
• “her jewels are locked away in a safe”
• “filed the letter away”

in a different direction

• “turn aside”
• “turn away one”
• “;”

in reserve; not for immediate use

• “started setting aside money to buy a car”
• “put something by for her old age”
• “has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day”

distant in either space or time

• “the town is a mile away”
• “a country far away”
• “the game is a week away”

not present; having left

• “he”
• “;”
• “;”
• “;”

used of an opponent''s ground

• “an away game”

(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

• “the pitch was away (or wide)”
• “an outside pitch”