go away

verb

went away; gone away; going away; goes away
Synonyms of go awaynext
1
: to leave a place or person
She angrily told him to go away and stop bothering her.
2
: to leave home for a period of time
They're going away on vacation.
After graduating from high school, he went away to college.
3
: to stop existing or happening : to end
I just wish there was some way to make the pain go away.

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Even so, the question of whether shorts belong in the office isn’t going away. Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 The butterflies never go away, Dalton said, and an adrenaline rush right before a physically demanding stunt is inevitable. Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 The bottom line Ignoring medical bills rarely makes the problem go away. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 That trade-off never went away; it just became formalized over time into beam cutoffs, alignment standards, and eventually modern photometric rules that try (with mixed success) to balance visibility for the driver against glare for everyone else. Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for go away

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“Go away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20away. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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