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The wind blows them away--away, away, and far away, over the bright blue sea.

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  1. adverb From a particular thing or place: ran away from the lion; sent the children away to boarding school.
  2. adverb At or to a distance in space or time: We live a block away from the park.
  3. adverb At or by a considerable interval: away back in the 17th century; away off on the horizon.

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  • But a yard farther away was a half-dollar-size piece of bloodied scalp still attached to bone. —  Fatal Cure by Leonard Goldberg
  • I felt as though I would go crazy if I did not get away--away anywhere, just so it was a place where we could be alone. —  Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries
  • Ijurra leads her to the dance; they front to each other; they whirl away--away: they are lost among the maskers Some wine, mozo A deep long draught, a few seconds spent in buckling on my sword, a few more in reaching the gate, one spring, and my saddled steed was under me I rode with desperate heart and hot head; but the cool night-air, the motion of my horse, and his proud spirit mingling with mine, gave me relief, and I soon felt calmer On reaching the rancheria, I found my lieutenants still up, eating their rudely cooked supper. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
  • In the middle distance other narrow streets and alleys where taller houses stood, and the windows, fire escapes, and balconies of these, added great variety to the landscape, as the families housed there kept most of their effects on the outside during the long dry season Still farther away were the roofs, chimneys and smoke stacks of mammoth buildings--railway sheds, freight depots, power houses and the like--with finally a glimpse of docks and wharves and shipping. —  The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach
  • Whither away was the question?
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English aweg : a-, on; see a-1 + weg, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, etc., from Anglo-Saxon aweg, earlier on weg, literally on way: see a and way.
 

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