go away

To leave the place where you are.

• Please go away.
• He went away without saying goodbye.
• Will the visitors go away soon?

Similar words: leave, depart

Opposites: stay

Common phrases: go away quietly, go away somewhere, go away again

To travel to another place and stay there for a while, often for a holiday.

• We go away every summer.
• She went away for the weekend.
• Are you going away on holiday this year?

How to use it: go away for something (We are going away for a week.); go away to somewhere (They went away to Spain for the summer.)

Similar words: take a trip, take a holiday

Common phrases: go away together, go away abroad, go away somewhere

To disappear or stop being present or felt.

• The pain went away.
• This smell will not go away.
• Do you think her worries will ever go away?

Similar words: disappear, vanish, fade

Opposites: appear

Common phrases: go away completely, go away eventually, go away soon

You say this to tell someone to leave you or the place where you are.

• Go away!
• Please go away. I need some quiet.
• Go away and stop knocking on my door!

Similar words: leave, get lost

Common phrases: go away please, go away now, just go away