The Collaborative International Dictionary
Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
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From a place; hence.
The sound is going away.
--Shak.Have me away, for I am sore wounded.
--2 Chron. xxxv. 23. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
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Aside; off; in another direction.
The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
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From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
Be near me when I fade away.
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By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down.
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.] Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? ``Love hath wings, and will away.'' --Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] ``The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.'' (--Isa. i. 13), i. e., ``I can not bear or endure [it].'' Away with one, signifies, take him away. ``Away with him, crucify him.'' --John xix. 15. To make away with.
To kill or destroy.
To carry off.
Usage examples of "away with".
The tall bony one had already disappeared, and presumbly he was at the wheel, for the engine roared up even before the door slammed, and the car leapt away with a grind of spinning tires that would have made any normal war-time motorist wince.
People routinely broke the rules, got away with it, and even got rich in the process.
Outrage from those who had felt wrongedand applause from those who liked to see someone get away with something against the major powers.