Below is a list of phrasal verbs using the particle Away.
35 Phrasal Verbs With Away -(Definitions & Examples)
Back Away
- Meaning: To remove oneself from a situation by backing up or moving backward
- Use in a sentence: After he noticed the mean dog on the porch, he slowly backed away from the house.
Bang Away
- Meaning: To do something in a persistent manner. To strike repeatedly
- Use in a sentence: He was up all night banging away at his keyboard.
Blast Away
- Meaning #1: to produce an extremely loud noise
- Meaning #2: to shoot a gun or weapon continuously
- Use in a sentence #1: She looked out the window to see where the music was coming from and she saw some young kids blasting away on their guitars.
- Use in a sentence #2: They pulled out their weapons and begin blasting away.
Blow Away
- Meaning: To carry someone or something by means of the wind
- Use in a sentence: The wind was so strong it blew away his hat.
Blow (Someone) Away
- Meaning: (slang) To kill with a gun or an explosive device
- Use in a sentence: Two gang members were blown away in the gunfight last night.
Break Away
- Meaning: to escape from someone’s hold, to get away; to escape. To separate oneself from a group of people.
- Use in a sentence: The group of young people broke away from their parents.
Carry Away
- Meaning #1: to take or steal something. To remove by force.
- Meaning #2: to lose control of oneself, usually because of excitement.
- Use in sentence #1: While in line at the airport, we didn’t realize that somebody had carried away our luggage.
- Use in sentence #2: Sorry, I got a little carried away when we were talking about photography. It’s just that I love taking pictures.
Chase Away
- Meaning: to drive someone away from something. It can be used both in a literal sense of a figurative sense
- Use in a sentence: The dog chased away all the birds in the yard.
Chip Away (at)
- Meaning: to divide a big task into smaller more manageable sized tasks.
- Use in a sentence: By working on the project during our free time on the weekends, we were able to chip away at it little by little.
Do Away With
- Meaning #1: to end or remove something
- Meaning #2: to kill
- Use in a sentence #1: The company decided to do away with free parking in an effort to save money.
- Use in a sentence #2: In the movie, the gang leader asked him to do away with the hero.
Fade Away
- Meaning: To slowly diminish or become less noticeable.
- Use in a sentence: The background music started to fade away.
Fall Away
- Meaning: To distance oneself from something or someone.
- Use in a sentence: He used to be a strong believer in the bible, but recently he is starting to fall away from his beliefs.
Fire Away
- Meaning #1: to begin talking or to begin asking questions
- Meaning #2: to shoot a person quickly
- Use in a sentence #1: The second I entered the office, she started firing away questions at me.
- Use in a sentence #2: He started firing away arrows, hoping at least one of them would hit the target.
Get Away
- Meaning #1: to escape something: evade
- Meaning #2: to distance oneself from someone or something
- Meaning # 3: to go on vacation
- Use in a sentence #1: The bank robbers were able to get away in their car.
- Use in a sentence #2: Get away from the stove, it is hot!
- Use in a sentence #3: We need to get away for the weekend.
Give Away
- Meaning #1: to donate something to someone usually because you don’t want it or no longer need it
- Meaning #2: to reveal something about someone
- Use in a sentence #1: I gave away my shoes because they no longer fit.
- Use in a sentence #2: He was talking so loud, he gave away our location.
Go Away
- Meaning: to leave
- Use in a sentence: He told me that he is going away for 2 weeks, but he will be back before the meeting.
Keep Away
- Meaning: to stop using or doing something; avoid
- Use in a sentence: Little did I know that I was allergic to cats, so the doctor told me to keep away from them.
Melt Away
- Meaning: to go from a solid form to a liquid form; to lessen
- Use in a sentence: I am surprised at how fast the snow melted away, Spring is definitely around the corner.
Put Away
- Meaning #1: to store something in its designated location
- Meaning #2: to send someone to jail; usually for a long time
- Use in a sentence #2: The first thing I did when I got home was put away the groceries.
- Use in a sentence #2: After a crime like that, I hope they put him away for good.
Run Away
- Meaning: to leave a situation because you aren’t happy or you no longer want to deal with it.
- Use in a sentence: He seriously thought about running away from home.
Run Away With
- Meaning #1: to secretly leave with someone to either live with them or marry them
- Meaning #2: to steal
- Use in a sentence #1: He ran off with his ex-girlfriend.
- Use in a sentence #2: The young children ran off with my wallet.
Send (someone or something) Away
- Meaning: to ask someone to leave
- Use in a sentence: I was so angry that I sent him away before he could tell me what happened.
Slave Away
- Meaning: to work very hard at something
- Use in a sentence: Your mother has been slaving away for hours in the kitchen to make you a good meal.
Stay Away
- Meaning: to maintain a safe distance from something or someone; to not go near
- Use in a sentence: Stay away from the edge of the water, otherwise, you could fall in.
Store Away
- Meaning: to hide or store something for use in the future
- Use in a sentence: She has been storing away money for a long time in order to buy a new car.
Take Away
- Meaning: to remove something from someone
- Use in a sentence: I took the dog’s toy away because it was making too much noise.
Tear Away
- Meaning: to quickly pull something away, usually by force
- Use in a sentence: I had a hard time tearing the kids away from the TV, but they need to do their homework.
Throw Away
- Meaning: to dispose of something
- Use in a sentence: I threw away my old shoes because they had huge holes in them.
Tuck Away
- Meaning: to hide something in a safe place; to store
- Use in a sentence: I bet they have tucked away a lot of money over the years.
Turn Away
- Meaning #1: to move one’s body in the opposite direction
- Meaning #2: to dismiss or to reject
- Use in a sentence #1: Please don’t turn away, I am talking to you.
- Use in a sentence #2: The store ran out of supplies, so they had to turn away customers.
Walk Away
- Meaning: to withdraw oneself from a situation or problem
- Use in a sentence: If someone wants to pick a fight, it is often best to just walk away from the situation.
Wash Away
- Meaning: to be removed or to be carried away by water.
- Use in a sentence: The floodwaters washed away much of the small village.
Waste Away
- Meaning: to lose strength and energy; to become sick and weak
- Use in a sentence: It made him sad to see his loved one wasting away.
Whisk Away
- Meaning: To remove someone or something from a place very quickly
- Use in a sentence: I wish my husband would whisk me away to Hawaii for a long weekend.
Wipe Away
- Meaning: to remove by wiping; to clean
- Use in a sentence: He wiped away her tears.
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