go away

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

go away

1. (dismissal) A command demanding someone to leave.

   Go away! Stop annoying me!

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:go away

Derived terms

• go-away bird

Translations

Translations

Afrikaans: gaan weg!, voertsek (af) Basque: ospa! (eu) Bikol Central: wumara ka! Bulgarian: изчезвай! (bg) (izčezvaj!), махай се! (mahaj se!) Catalan: ves-te'n!, marxa! (ca), fora! (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 滾開／滚开 (zh) (gǔnkāi), 走開／走开 (zh) (zǒukāi), 快走 (zh) (kuàizǒu) Czech: běž pryč! Dalmatian: dai Danish: forsvind! (da) Dutch: ga weg! (nl), weggaan (nl) Esperanto: foriru!, for! (eo) Estonian: minge ära Finnish: mene pois!, poistu! (fi), häivy! (fi) French: va-t’en! (fr), allez-vous-en (fr) pl Georgian: გამეცალე (gamecale) German: geh weg! (de), gehen Sie weg (formal) Alemannic German: abdaggle, abdampfe Greek: εξαφανίσου (exafanísou), φύγε (el) (fýge), δίνε του (el) (díne tou) Hebrew: לך מפה Hindi: जाओ यहाँ से! (jāo yahā̃ se!) Hungarian: menj el Icelandic: farðu burt Irish: imigh leat! Italian: vattene!, sciò!, pussa via! Japanese: あっちへ行け (acchi e ike) Ladino: vate!, sal de aki! Latin: abi (la) sg, abite pl, foras omnes Latvian: ejiet prom Navajo: akóó níláahdi naníchʼį́įdii, kodjįʼ Norwegian: forsvinn! Nynorsk: forsvinn! Ojibwe: kogaan omaa Old English: gā onweġ! Pitjantjatjara: ma-pitja Polish: idź stąd! Portuguese: vá/vai embora!, se/te manda!, cai fora! (pt) Romanian: pleacă! (ro) Russian: уходи! (uxodi!), пошёл! (ru) (pošól!), пошёл вон! (pošól von!) Samogitian: ēk šalėn Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: одлази Roman: odlazi (sh) Slovak: bež preč! Slovene: pojdi stran! Spanish: ¡vete! (es), pírate (es), ¡fuera! (es), ¡abe! (es), ¡abid!, ¡largo! (es) Swedish: försvinn (sv)!, iväg med dig!, stick (sv) Tagalog: lumayas ka! Urdu: جاؤ! n (jā'ō) (literally 'Go!'), چلے جاؤ! n (chale jā'ō!) (literally 'Go away!') Uyghur: يوقال (yoqal) Vietnamese: biến (vi), cút (vi), phắn (vi), xéo (vi) Yiddish: גיי אַוועק (gey avek), פּאַשאָל וואָן (pashol von)

Verb

go away (third-person singular simple present goes away, present participle going away, simple past went away, past participle gone away)

1. To depart or leave a place.

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

   • 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:

     Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away

   • 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:

     My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!

2. To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.

   Are you going away this year?

3. (euphemistic) To go to prison to be incarcerated.

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

4. To vanish or disappear.

   As you get closer the haze goes away.

   This cold just won't go away.

   • 2023 October 18, Noel Dolphin, “Climate resilience in an era of budget cuts”, in RAIL, number 994, page 38:

     But the need for modern, reliable, frequent and clean modes of transport has never gone away.

Synonyms

• (to depart): See Thesaurus:leave
• (to travel somewhere):
• (to vanish):

Derived terms

• sell in May and go away

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: gwe

Translations

to depart or leave a place

Arabic: اِبْتَعَدَ (ibtaʕada) Hijazi Arabic: راح (rāḥ), مشي (miši), طِلِع (ṭiliʕ), انقلع (angalaʕ) (vulgar) Armenian: հեռանալ (hy) (heṙanal) Asturian: colar Belarusian: адхо́дзіць impf (adxódzicʹ), адысці́ pf (adyscí), сыхо́дзіць impf (syxódzicʹ), сысці́ pf (syscí) (on foot), ад'язджа́ць impf (adʺjazdžácʹ), ад'е́хаць pf (adʺjéxacʹ) (by transport) Bulgarian: оти́вам си (bg) impf (otívam si), оти́да си (bg) pf (otída si) Catalan: marxar (ca), anar-se'n (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 走 (zau2), 離開／离开 (lei4 hoi1) (formal/literary) Hokkien: 走 (zh-min-nan) (cháu) Mandarin: 離開／离开 (zh) (líkāi), 走 (zh) (zǒu), 走開／走开 (zh) (zǒukāi) Czech: odcházet (cs) impf, odejít (cs) pf Danish: gå bort Dutch: weggaan (nl) Finnish: poistua (fi), mennä pois, lähteä (fi), alkaa mennä, lähteä menemään French: partir (fr), s’en aller (fr) German: weggehen (de), fortgehen (de) (on foot), wegfahren (de), fortfahren (de) (by transport) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (galeiþan) Greek: Ancient: ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō) Hungarian: elmegy (hu) Icelandic: ganga burt Irish: imigh Italian: partire (it), andarsene (it), andare via (it) Japanese: 去る (ja) (さる, saru) Korean: 떠나다 (ko) (tteonada), 떠나가다 (ko) (tteonagada) Latin: abeo (la), exeo (la), abambulo, abscedo (la), decedo, abdo (la), discēdō (la), digredior Macedonian: оди си impf (odi si), отиде си pf (otide si) Maori: whanatu Ngazidja Comorian: hwenɗa za- Norwegian: Bokmål: gå vekk Old English: onweġ gān Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) Polish: odchodzić (pl) impf, odejść (pl) pf Portuguese: sair (pt), partir (pt), ir embora (pt) Quechua: ripuy, ripui, aiwai Russian: уходи́ть (ru) impf (uxodítʹ), уйти́ (ru) (ujtí) (on foot), уезжа́ть (ru) impf (ujezžátʹ), уе́хать (ru) pf (ujéxatʹ) (by transport) Scottish Gaelic: falbh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀длазити impf, о̀тӣћи pf Roman: òdlaziti (sh) impf, òtīći pf Slovak: odchádzať impf, odísť pf Slovene: odhajati impf, oditi (sl) pf Spanish: irse (es), salir (es), egresar (es), marcharse (es) Swahili: kuondoka (sw) Swedish: gå bort (sv), ge sig av (sv) Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎁𐎓 (tbʿ) Ukrainian: відхо́дити (uk) impf (vidxódyty), відійти́ pf (vidijtý) (on foot), від'їжджа́ти impf (vidʺjiždžáty), від'ї́хати pf (vidʺjíxaty) (by transport) Welsh: mynd ymaith

to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation

Belarusian: ад'язджа́ць impf (adʺjazdžácʹ), ад'е́хаць pf (adʺjéxacʹ) Chinese: Mandarin: 出門／出门 (zh) (chūmén), 外出 (zh) (wàichū) Esperanto: forveturi Finnish: mennä jonnekin, matkustaa (fi), käydä jossain, mennä lomalle French: partir (fr) German: verreisen (de) Italian: partire (it), andarsene (it) Japanese: 出掛ける (ja) (でかける, dekakeru) Latin: abeo (la), exeo (la), abambulo Ngazidja Comorian: upashia Polish: wyjeżdżać (pl) impf, wyjechać (pl) pf Portuguese: partir (pt), viajar (pt) Russian: уезжа́ть (ru) impf (ujezžátʹ), уе́хать (ru) pf (ujéxatʹ) Scottish Gaelic: falbh Spanish: viajar (es) Ukrainian: від'їжджа́ти impf (vidʺjiždžáty), від'ї́хати pf (vidʺjíxaty)

to become invisible, vanish or disappear

Chinese: Cantonese: (please verify) 唔見／唔见 (m4 gin3) Mandarin: 消失 (zh) (xiāoshī) Finnish: kadota (fi), poistua (fi), hävitä (fi), huveta (fi) French: disparaître (fr) German: verschwinden (de), weggehen (de) Italian: sparire (it) Latin: abeo (la), evanesco, abscedo (la), decedo Polish: zniknąć (pl) Portuguese: sumir (pt), desaparecer (pt) Russian: исчеза́ть (ru) impf (isčezátʹ), исче́знуть (ru) pf (isčéznutʹ)

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