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"pushed all doubts away"adverbout of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
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"gave away the tickets"adverbfrom one's possession
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"turn away one's face" "glanced away"adverbin a different direction
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"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"the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"adverbfrom a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
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"has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"adverbin reserve; not for immediate use
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"the pitch was away (or wide)"adjective(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
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"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)" "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" "away back in the 18th century"adverbat a distance in space or time
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"he's away right now" "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"adjectivenot present; having left
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"an away game"adjectiveused of an opponent's groundOpposite:
Examples of away
- "pushed all doubts away"
- "gave away the tickets"
- "turn away one's face"
- "glanced away"
- "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"
- "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
- "the pitch was away (or wide)"
- "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
- "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"
- "away back in the 18th century"
- "he's away right now"
- "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
- "an away game"