Phrase guide

go away

intj · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

intj

Meaning 1

A command demanding someone to leave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: dismissal

Examples

  • Go away! Stop annoying me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To depart or leave a place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'm not going to buy it. Please go away and don't come back.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Will you be going away at the weekend?
  • Are you going away this year?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To go to prison to be incarcerated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Examples

  • If you get caught, you're going away for a long time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To vanish or disappear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • As you get closer the haze goes away.
  • This cold just won't go away.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

get lost, as without warning or explanation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He disappeared without a trace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disappear, vanish

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: fall off, fall away, fall, die, go, absent, remove, evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass, wither, skip town, take a powder, die out, die off, desorb

7

verb

Meaning 7

move away from a place into another direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Go away before I start to cry
  • The train departs at noon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: go, depart

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exit, go out, get out, leave

Narrower terms: shove off, shove along, blow

8

verb

Meaning 8

go away from a place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • At what time does your train leave?
  • She didn't leave until midnight
  • The ship leaves at midnight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leave, go forth

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: go out, desert, depart, take leave, quit, pop off, walk off, walk away, hightail, walk out, come away, decamp, skip, vamoose, scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off, run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off, ride off, ride away, tarry, linger, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off, pull out, get out, rush off, rush away, scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, vacate, empty, abandon

9

verb

Meaning 9

become invisible or unnoticeable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The effect vanished when day broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vanish, disappear

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

Narrower terms: dematerialize, dematerialise, clear, bob under

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gaan weg! — interjection
  • Afrikaans: voertsek — interjection
  • Basque: ospa! — interjection
  • Central Bikol: wumara ka! — interjection
  • Bulgarian: изчезвай! (izčezvaj!) — interjection
  • Bulgarian: махай се! (mahaj se!) — interjection
  • Catalan: ves-te'n! — interjection
  • Catalan: marxa! — interjection
  • Catalan: fora! — interjection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滾開 /滚开 (gǔnkāi) — interjection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走開 /走开 (zǒukāi) — interjection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快走 (kuàizǒu) — interjection
  • Czech: běž pryč! — interjection
  • Dalmatian: dai — interjection
  • Danish: forsvind! — interjection
  • Dutch: ga weg! — interjection
  • Dutch: weggaan — interjection
  • Esperanto: foriru! — interjection
  • Esperanto: for! — interjection
  • Estonian: minge ära — interjection
  • Finnish: mene pois! — interjection
  • Finnish: poistu! — interjection
  • Finnish: häivy! — interjection
  • French: va-t'en! — interjection
  • French: allez-vous-en — interjection
  • Georgian: გამეცალე (gamecale) — interjection
  • German: geh weg! — interjection
  • German: gehen Sie weg — interjection
  • German: abdaggle — interjection
  • German: abdampfe — interjection
  • Greek: εξαφανίσου (exafanísou) — interjection
  • Greek: φύγε (fýge) — interjection
  • Greek: δίνε του (díne tou) — interjection
  • Haitian Creole: vouzan — interjection
  • Hebrew: לך מפה (l'khá mipó) — interjection
  • Hindi: जाओ यहाँ से (jāo yahā̃ se) — interjection
  • Hungarian: menj el — interjection
  • Icelandic: farðu burt — interjection
  • Irish: imigh leat! — interjection
  • Italian: vattene! — interjection
  • Italian: sciò! — interjection
  • Italian: pussa via! — interjection
  • Japanese: あっちへ行け (atchi e ike) — interjection
  • Japanese: 出てけ (deteke) — interjection
  • Japanese: 離れろ (hanarero) — interjection
  • Ladino: vate! — interjection
  • Ladino: sal de aki! — interjection
  • Latin: abi — interjection
  • Latin: abite — interjection
  • Latin: foras omnes — interjection
  • Latvian: ejiet prom — interjection
  • Navajo: akóó níláahdi naníchʼį́įdii — interjection
  • Navajo: kodjįʼ — interjection
  • Norwegian: forsvinn! — interjection
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forsvinn! — interjection
  • Ojibwe: kogaan omaa — interjection
  • Old English: gā onweġ! — interjection
  • Pitjantjatjara: ma-pitja — interjection
  • Polish: idź stąd! — interjection
  • Portuguese: vá/vai embora! — interjection
  • Portuguese: se/te manda! — interjection
  • Portuguese: cai fora! — interjection
  • Romanian: pleacă! — interjection
  • Russian: уходи! (uxodi!) — interjection
  • Russian: пошёл! (pošól!) — interjection
  • Russian: пошёл вон! (pošól von!) — interjection
  • Samogitian: ēk šalėn — interjection
  • Serbo-Croatian: одлази — interjection
  • Serbo-Croatian: odlazi — interjection
  • Slovak: bež preč! — interjection
  • Slovene: pojdi stran! — interjection
  • Spanish: ¡vete! — interjection
  • Spanish: ¡fuera! — interjection
  • Spanish: ¡largo! — interjection
  • Swedish: försvinn! — interjection
  • Swedish: iväg med dig! — interjection
  • Swedish: stick — interjection
  • Swedish: gå bort — interjection
  • Tagalog: lumayas ka! — interjection
  • Unami: palia — interjection
  • Urdu: جاؤ! (jā'ō) — interjection
  • Urdu: چلے جاؤ! (chale jā'ō!) — interjection
  • Uyghur: يوقال (yoqal) — interjection
  • Vietnamese: biến — interjection
  • Vietnamese: cút — interjection
  • Vietnamese: phắn — interjection
  • Vietnamese: xéo — interjection
  • Yiddish: גיי אַוועק (gey avek) — interjection
  • Yiddish: פּאַשאָל וואָן (pashol von) — interjection
  • Arabic: اِبْتَعَدَ (ibtaʕada) — to depart or leave a place
  • Arabic: راح (rāḥ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Arabic: مشي (miši) — to depart or leave a place
  • Arabic: طِلِع (ṭiliʕ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Arabic: انقلع (angalaʕ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Armenian: հեռանալ (heṙanal) — to depart or leave a place
  • Asturian: colar — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: адхо́дзіць (adxódzicʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: адысці́ (adyscí) — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: сыхо́дзіць (syxódzicʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: сысці́ (syscí) — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: ад'язджа́ць (adʺjazdžácʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: ад'е́хаць (adʺjéxacʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Bulgarian: оти́вам си (otívam si) — to depart or leave a place
  • Bulgarian: оти́да си (otída si) — to depart or leave a place
  • Catalan: marxar — to depart or leave a place
  • Catalan: anar-se'n — to depart or leave a place
  • Chichewa: kunyamuka — to depart or leave a place
  • Chichewa: kupita — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 走 (zau2) — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 離開 /离开 (lei4 hoi1) — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese: 走 (zh-min-nan) — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離開 /离开 (líkāi) — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走 (zǒu) — to depart or leave a place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走開 /走开 (zǒukāi) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hwenɗa za- — to depart or leave a place
  • Czech: odcházet — to depart or leave a place
  • Czech: odejít — to depart or leave a place
  • Danish: gå bort — to depart or leave a place
  • Dutch: weggaan — to depart or leave a place
  • Finnish: poistua — to depart or leave a place
  • Finnish: mennä pois — to depart or leave a place
  • Finnish: lähteä — to depart or leave a place
  • Finnish: alkaa mennä — to depart or leave a place
  • Finnish: lähteä menemään — to depart or leave a place
  • French: partir — to depart or leave a place
  • French: s'en aller — to depart or leave a place
  • German: weggehen — to depart or leave a place
  • German: fortgehen — to depart or leave a place
  • German: wegfahren — to depart or leave a place
  • German: fortfahren — to depart or leave a place
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (galeiþan) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō) — to depart or leave a place
  • Hungarian: elmegy — to depart or leave a place
  • Icelandic: ganga burt — to depart or leave a place
  • Irish: imigh — to depart or leave a place
  • Italian: partire — to depart or leave a place
  • Italian: andarsene — to depart or leave a place
  • Italian: andare via — to depart or leave a place
  • Japanese: 去る (saru) — to depart or leave a place
  • Japanese: 出る (deru) — to depart or leave a place
  • Japanese: 離れる (hanareru) — to depart or leave a place
  • Korean: 떠나다 (tteonada) — to depart or leave a place
  • Korean: 떠나가다 (tteonagada) — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: abeo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: exeo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: abambulo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: abscedo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: decedo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: abdo — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: discēdō — to depart or leave a place
  • Latin: digredior — to depart or leave a place
  • Macedonian: оди си (odi si) — to depart or leave a place
  • Macedonian: отиде си (otide si) — to depart or leave a place
  • Māori: whanatu — to depart or leave a place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gå vekk — to depart or leave a place
  • Old English: onweġ gān — to depart or leave a place
  • Polish: odchodzić — to depart or leave a place
  • Polish: odejść — to depart or leave a place
  • Portuguese: sair — to depart or leave a place
  • Portuguese: partir — to depart or leave a place
  • Portuguese: ir embora — to depart or leave a place
  • Quechua: ripuy — to depart or leave a place
  • Quechua: ripui — to depart or leave a place
  • Quechua: aiwai — to depart or leave a place
  • Russian: уходи́ть (uxodítʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Russian: уйти́ (ujtí) — to depart or leave a place
  • Russian: уезжа́ть (ujezžátʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Russian: уе́хать (ujéxatʹ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Scottish Gaelic: falbh — to depart or leave a place
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀длазити — to depart or leave a place
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀тӣћи — to depart or leave a place
  • Serbo-Croatian: òdlaziti — to depart or leave a place
  • Serbo-Croatian: òtīći — to depart or leave a place
  • Slovak: odchádzať — to depart or leave a place
  • Slovak: odísť — to depart or leave a place
  • Slovene: odhajati — to depart or leave a place
  • Slovene: oditi — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: irse — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: marcharse — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: alejarse — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: andarse — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: largarse — to depart or leave a place
  • Spanish: pirar — to depart or leave a place
  • Swahili: kuondoka — to depart or leave a place
  • Swedish: gå bort — to depart or leave a place
  • Swedish: ge sig av — to depart or leave a place
  • Swedish: gå iväg — to depart or leave a place
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎁𐎓 (tbʿ) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ukrainian: відхо́дити (vidxódyty) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ukrainian: відійти́ (vidijtý) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ukrainian: від'їжджа́ти (vidʺjiždžáty) — to depart or leave a place
  • Ukrainian: від'ї́хати (vidʺjíxaty) — to depart or leave a place
  • Welsh: mynd ymaith — to depart or leave a place
  • Belarusian: ад'язджа́ць (adʺjazdžácʹ) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Belarusian: ад'е́хаць (adʺjéxacʹ) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出門 /出门 (chūmén) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外出 (wàichū) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Ngazidja Comorian: upashia — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Esperanto: forveturi — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Finnish: mennä jonnekin — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Finnish: matkustaa — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Finnish: käydä jossain — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Finnish: mennä lomalle — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • French: partir — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • German: verreisen — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Italian: partire — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Italian: andarsene — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Latin: abeo — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Latin: exeo — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Latin: abambulo — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Polish: wyjeżdżać — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Polish: wyjechać — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Portuguese: partir — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Portuguese: viajar — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Russian: уезжа́ть (ujezžátʹ) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Russian: уе́хать (ujéxatʹ) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Scottish Gaelic: falbh — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Spanish: irse de viaje — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Ukrainian: від'їжджа́ти (vidʺjiždžáty) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Ukrainian: від'ї́хати (vidʺjíxaty) — to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消失 (xiāoshī) — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Finnish: kadota — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Finnish: poistua — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Finnish: hävitä — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Finnish: huveta — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • French: disparaître — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • German: verschwinden — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • German: weggehen — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Italian: sparire — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Latin: abeo — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Latin: evanesco — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Latin: abscedo — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Latin: decedo — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Polish: zniknąć — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Portuguese: sumir — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Portuguese: desaparecer — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Russian: исчеза́ть (isčezátʹ) — to become invisible, vanish or disappear
  • Russian: исче́знуть (isčéznutʹ) — to become invisible, vanish or disappear