What does "away" mean?

Listen See in Thesaurus
see back away; bang away; blow away; break away; by far (and away); carry away; cart off (away); cast away; clear out (away); die away; do away with; draw away; eat away; explain away; fade out (away); fall away; fire away; fool away; fritter away; get away; get away with; give away; go away; hammer away; lay aside (away); make away with; out and away; pass away; peg away at; piss away; plug away at; pull away; put away; right away; run away; run away with; salt away; send away; shy away from; slink away; slip out (away); sock away; spirit away; square away; squirrel away; stow away; take away from; take one's breath away; tear away; throw away; tuck away; turn away; walk away from; walk off (away) with; waste away; wear off (away); whale away; when the cat's away; while away.

See away in WNW Idioms

away with

  1. take away
  2. go or come away
: Used generally as an imperative expression without a verb

do away with

  1. to get rid of; put an end to
  2. to kill

where away?

Naut. in what direction?: usually said in response to a lookout's report of sighting something

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