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- noun UK A business event, typically an internal
meeting that takes place away from the office without the usualdistractions .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Familiarity with the Hockenheim layout played its part during qualifying for the first of the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series '' awayday 'rounds as Renger van der Zande posted the fastest time of the day to claim pole for Saturdays seventh round.
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It was the small things at first; a night out when you had a little too much to drink, an awayday where you bought the wrong tickets at the train station.
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They rounded off the awayday by having a series of secret votes, including one to pick a "Rising Star", an honour that went to Jenny Willott, the MP for Cardiff Central and a rebel over tuition fees.
Why more of the Lib Dems now want to be like Chris Huhne | Andrew Rawnsley 2012
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The cabinet spent an awayday at Chequers preparing for the challenges facing the coalition in the weeks ahead
It's still all smiles at the top, but there's rumbling down below 2010
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There were other features of the awayday at the prime minister's rural retreat which gave it something of the atmosphere of a school outing.
It's still all smiles at the top, but there's rumbling down below 2010
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On 29 July 1981 Harman, then aged 30, and Mandelson, then aged 27, boarded a cross-channel ferry for a republican awayday to France.
Blue blooded Harriet Harman buries republican past to welcome royal engagement Nicholas Watt 2010
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The team is already planning an awayday in celebration!
Archive 2005-07-01 Helen Keegan 2005
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The team is already planning an awayday in celebration!
Much excitement in the office Helen Keegan 2005
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Huhne was at a Lib Dem awayday in Eastbourne when he heard the news of the CPS announcement, and left to prepare himself at his London flat.
The Guardian World News Patrick Wintour 2012
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At an awayday organised by the Civil Service Commission some years ago, I suggested that the time had come to move to the continental cabinet system, in which ministers are free to appoint a team of senior advisers, financed by party as well as taxpayer.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Matthew d'Ancona 2011
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