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stow awayto obtain passage by secreting oneself inside before departureRate it:

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straight awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:

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strip awayTo remove something bit by bit.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo remove something by, or as if by, sweeping.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.Rate it:

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sweep awayto completely destroy, to annihilateRate it:

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.Rate it:

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take awayTo make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.Rate it:

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take awayTo prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.Rate it:

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take it awayTo begin, especially used to launch a performance of some sort (usually imperative and/or exclamatory).Rate it:

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take me awayused in a Calgon ad campaign.Rate it:

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teach awayIn patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.Rate it:

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this too shall pass awayAlternative form of this too shall pass.Rate it:

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throw awayTo place a son or daughter for adoption.Rate it:

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throw money awayTo spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.Rate it:

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throwing money awayThe act of spending money foolishly; wasting money without regard of the consequences.Rate it:

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tick awayTo count down to zero of something).Rate it:

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travel awayto travel somewhere far way to a place beyond your imagination.Rate it:

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turn awayTo rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something.Rate it:

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turn awayTo bend or turn from a fixed course.Rate it:

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turn awayTo refuse to admit someone.Rate it:

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turn awayTo avert or deflect something.Rate it:

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two dogs fight for a bone, but a third runs away with itWhen two sides contend, it's always the third party that benefits.Rate it:

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walk awayUsed other than as an idiom: see walk, away.Rate it:

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walk awayTo survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.Rate it:

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walk awayTo defeat someone or achieve something.Rate it:

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walk away fromTo abandon or leave; to shun.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, in a figurative sense.Rate it:

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waste awayTo lose energy and become weak and feeble.Rate it:

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wave awayTo reject or dismiss with a hand gesture.Rate it:

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wheel awayTo run around in celebrationRate it:

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when the cat's awayPeople are likely to take advantage of the absence of authority or enforcement of compliance.Rate it:

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when the cat's away the mice will playIn the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.Rate it:

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where awayA query uttered by the officer of the deck as to the direction of an object sighted by the lookout.Rate it:

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while awayTo spend idly but pleasantlyRate it:

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while away your dayOne whom is lackadaisical, regressive, cares less:Rate it:

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whisk awayTo take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.Rate it:

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wipe awayTo remove or erase with a wiping motion.Rate it:

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wither awayTo atrophy, or waste away.Rate it:

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AOBAway on break.Rate it:

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be offTo be away from.Rate it:

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bell curvea graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end.Rate it:

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bugger offGo away.Rate it:

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call off the carpetTo get away fromRate it:

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clear one's linesTo clear the ball away from a dangerous position.Rate it:

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from my cold, dead handsA statement that something will not be taken away from you until the day you die.Rate it:

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get outta hereUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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go commandoTo not wear underpants.Rate it:

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