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Textual thesaurus for "away"

(adj) outside

(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

the pitch was away (or wide); an outside pitch


(adv) off, forth

from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

ran away from the lion; wanted to get away from there; sent the children away to boarding school; the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal; went off to school; they drove off; go forth and preach


(adv) out

from one's possession

he gave out money to the poor; gave away the tickets


(adv) aside, by

in reserve; not for immediate use

started setting aside money to buy a car; put something by for her old age; has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day


(adv) aside

out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

brush the objections aside; pushed all doubts away


(adv) aside

in a different direction

turn aside; turn away one's face; glanced away


(adv) off

at a distance in space or time

the boat was 5 miles off (or away); the party is still 2 weeks off (or away); away back in the 18th century