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/euh way"/, adv.1. from this or that place; off: to go away.2. aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers3. far; apart: away back; away from the subject.4. out of one's possession or use: to give money away.5. out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.6. incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.7. without hesitation: Fire away.8. away with,a. take away: Away with him!b. go away! leave!: Away with you!9. do away with,a. to get rid of; abolish; stop.b. to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.10. where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?adj.11. absent; gone: to be away from home.12. distant: six miles away.13. immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.14. Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games. Cf. home (def. 16).15. Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.16. Golf.a. (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.b. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.[bef. 950; ME; OE aweg, reduction of on weg. See ON, A-1, WAY]
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Universalium. 2010.