away
/əˈweɪ/
adjective
- (of a sports game) played at the opponent's venue.
- The away fans cheered loudly from the stands.
- They won their last away match by a single goal.
- The team has a tough away game this weekend.
Antonyms
adverb
- To or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing.
- He lives five miles away from the city center.
- The cat ran away when it saw the dog.
- She walked away from the building without looking back.
- Into a place of storage or safekeeping.
- He locked the documents away in the safe.
- Please put your toys away before dinner.
- She tucked the letter away in a drawer.
- Continuously or persistently (used with verbs to indicate ongoing action).
- They were chatting away all evening.
- He worked away at his desk until midnight.
- The children played away happily in the garden.
- So as to be removed or eliminated.
- She cut away the dead branches from the tree.
- The stain washed away with soap and water.
- The pain slowly faded away.