Particle Away
Different meanings
| Chase away | A passer-by stopped his car to help and, along with several neighbors, managed to chase the dog away. No one was bitten. |
| Be away | It's hard being away from them when I'm working, but when you're busy it's much easier to cope. |
| Come away | He asked her to come away with him, to leave Texas for a while. |
| Draw away | She grabbed Morita's fist and drew him away from the door. |
| Drive away | The soldiers checked a group of youths and then pulled Hamediye onto the jeep and drove away. |
| Fall away | |
| Frighten away | They feel a refinery would frighten away tourists and potential tourism investors. |
| Get away | Sometimes it's not until you get away that you appreciate what you left behind. |
| Go away | We went away for the weekend. |
| Look away | |
| Move away | I had a crush on her, but she moved away during the semester and I never got to see her ever again. |
| Pull away | |
| Run away | The kids knocked on the door and ran away. |
| Scare away | A neighbour with a baseball bat finally scared the dog away. |
| Send away | |
| Shoo away | |
| Sneak away | |
| Stretch away |
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Away for avoiding,
preventing or not taking part 
Not
to do sth, or stop doing it, because you're afraid, it's illegal,
bad for you, etc. If you keep away from sb, you don't go near the
person, because you know it's not a good idea.
| Back away | I've never backed away from a challenge. |
| Break away | With a landmass almost the size of Western Europe, bordering the Caspian and Aral Seas, Kazakhstan broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991. |
| Frighten away | They feel a refinery would frighten away tourists and potential tourism investors. |
| Get away | Even though Arches National Park is alive with wildlife, it is hard to get away from the fact that it is still a desert. |
| Keep away | Keep away from that man - he's a known criminal. |
| Move away | He bent to kiss her but she moved away. |
| Run away | Why do children and young people run away, or become homeless? |
| Scare away | A neighbour with a baseball bat finally scared the dog away. |
| Shy away | Don't shy away from people just because they're different. |
| Slip away | Not long after most of us had gathered in the parking lot, Janet slipped away for a few minutes. |
| Stay away | Tourists stayed away, frightened by more than a year of violence. |
| Turn away | Israeli protestors from the Ta'ayush movement were forcibly turned away by police. |
Away for disappearing Disappear
or be destroyed, very often gradually.
| Chuck away | Don't forget that the club will refund your train tickets, so don't chuck them away. |
| Clear away | The rain will gradually clear away during the early hours. |
| Die away | The heavy showers will die away this evening, leaving a dry night with variable but generally small amounts of cloud. |
| Do away with | |
| Fade away | Despite predictions to the contrary, the controversy has not faded away. |
| Gamble away | He gambled all his money away. |
| Give away | I had a lot of books I didn't want to keep so I gave them away to a friend. |
| Go away | Drug addiction is a problem that will never go away. |
| Idle sth away | |
| Loaf away | |
| Melt away | Opposition within the party melted away after an appeal for unity from the chancellor. |
| Pass away | She passed away at Royal Lodge, Windsor, at 1515 GMT on Saturday, and the news was announced by Buckingham Palace about two and a half hours later. |
| Rub away | |
| Slip away | Not long after most of us had gathered in the parking lot, Janet slipped away for a few minutes. |
| Throw away | I think I'll throw away these magazines. |
Away for continuous
activity Used to indicate that an activity goes on and on.
| Chat away | I've seen grandmothers go from zero computer experience to chatting away happily in just a few minutes. |
| Beaver away | |
| Peg away | |
| Plod away | |
| Plug away | |
| Puff away | Smoking looks like a harmless pastime but we all know that it's not. Scenes of glamorous actors puffing away in the movies don't tell the truth about smoking. |
| Slave away | |
| Slog away | For the cast and crew, it was time to celebrate and give thanks after months of slogging away. |
| Snore away | He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room. |
| Work away | Mr. Hunt, one of the school's counselors, was sitting behind his desk working away at his computer. |
Away for out
of sight or in a safe place Hiding sth or storing it.
| Clear away | |
| File away | Don't let that paperwork grow into a mountain. File it away in an appropriate place if you need to refer to it again. |
| Fold away | |
| Lock away | Sensitive and classified information is to be locked away in an approved fire-resistant cabinet when not being used. |
| Pack away | We have found over 55 boxes of things that have been packed away for years. |
| Put away | The law was always watching Gotti, waiting for him to make a mistake so they could move in and put him away. |
| Stash away | We strongly suspect he has stashed away millions, which will be waiting for him when he gets out of prison. |
| Store away | It can be easily wiped clean, folded up and stored away when not in use. |
| Stow away | The unit folds to a mere 5cm when not in use so it can be transported or stowed away easily. |
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