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 out→go away
go away to→go away (for/to)
Say it for a higher band
5leave→6go on a trip→7+go away
Synonyms
leave
disappear
Easily confused
leave
“He decided to leave the company last month.”
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