phrasal verb · informal

go away

UK/ɡəʊ əˈweɪ/US/ɡoʊ əˈweɪ/go a·WAY

speaking

to leave a place; to stop being felt (for feelings or pain)

Examples

Please go away and leave me alone for a while.

The headache went away after I took some medicine.

They decided to go away for the weekend.

Band 8 sentence

If the noise doesn't go away, we’ll have to complain to the landlord.

Collocations

  • go away for the weekend
  • let the pain go away

Word family

away advgo away on holiday phrasal verb phrase

Common mistakes

go outgo away

go away togo away (for/to)

Say it for a higher band

5leave6go on a trip7+go away

Synonyms

leave

disappear

Easily confused

leave

He decided to leave the company last month.

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