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sweep awayto completely destroy, to annihilateRate it:

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

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

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.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 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 remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.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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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 avert or deflect something.Rate it:

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turn awayTo refuse to admit someone.Rate it:

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turn awayTo bend or turn from a fixed course.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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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 awayTo defeat someone or achieve something.Rate it:

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

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

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

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wash awayTo eliminate, in a figurative sense.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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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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wear awayto erode gradually and progressivelyRate 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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a penny saved is a penny earnedA maxim for thrift that says that money not spent may be spent later, or may earn interest in the meantimeRate it:

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AOBAway on break.Rate it:

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be loadedhaving a lots of moneyRate 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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bring home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.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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can't make ends meetTto earn just enough money to avoid getting into debt.Rate it:

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cash strappedShort of money Limited on the cash you have availableRate it:

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

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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