Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go away

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.48 in modern English

Syllables: go -away
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

A command demanding someone to leave.

verb

To depart or leave a place.

verb

To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.

verb

To go to prison to be incarcerated.

verb

To vanish or disappear.

Example Sentences

"Go away! Stop annoying me!"
"I'm not going to buy it. Please go away and don't come back."
"Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away"
"My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!"
"Don't delay Something tells me I gotta go away"
"Will you be going away at the weekend?"

Inflected Forms

goes away (present, singular) going away (participle, present) went away (past) gone away (participle, past)

Phrases

go-away bird going-away party sell in May and go away

Synonyms

amscray away with you be off with you beat it begone bite me bog off bug off bugger off buzz off clear off do one

Questions

What does go away mean?: A command demanding someone to leave.

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