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away

slang In prison. I hope they put him away for the rest of his life for all the heinous things he's done! It looks like I'll be going away for about 20 years. My kids will have to grow up without me.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*away (from someone or something)

avoiding someone or something; maintaining a physical distance from someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; keep ~; stay~.) Please keep away from me if you have a cold. Stay away from the construction site, Timmy.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

away

mod. in prison. (see also Are we away?.) My cousin is away for a year.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (draw the sword and) throw away the scabbard
  • (someone) went that-a-way
  • AJ squared away
  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away
  • Are we away?
  • Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
  • Constant dropping wears away a stone
  • Get away!
  • Go away!
  • He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
  • Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, the
  • Take it away!
  • When the cat's away, the mice will play
  • Wild horses couldn't drag away
  • You'll never get away with it
  • a heartbeat away
  • a heartbeat away from being
  • a home from home
  • a mile away
  • a mile off
  • a million miles away
  • a soft answer turneth away wrath
  • a soft answer turns away wrath
  • a stone's throw away
  • a stone's throw away from (something)
  • abstract away
  • an apple a day (keeps the doctor away)
  • an apple a day keeps the doctor away
  • apple a day
  • are we away
  • avert (something) (away) from
  • away
  • away from (one's) desk
  • away from desk
  • away from it all
  • away game
  • away with (someone or something)
  • away with something
  • away with the fairies
  • back away
  • bang (away) at
  • bang away
  • bang away about (something)
  • bang away at (someone or something)
  • bargain away
  • barter away
  • bat away
  • be a world away
  • be away from (one's) desk
  • be away with the fairies
  • be blown away
  • be blown away by something
  • be carried away
  • be far and away
  • be far and away the (something)
  • be light years away
  • be light years away from
  • be miles away
  • be over the hills and far away
  • be well away
  • be worlds away
  • be worlds/a world away
  • be/get carried away
  • bear away
  • bear away the bell
  • beaver away
  • blast away
  • blast off
  • blaze away
  • blaze away at (someone or something)
  • blow away
  • blow away the cobwebs
  • blow someone away
  • blow the cobwebs away
  • blowed (away)
  • blowed away
  • blown away
  • boil (something) away
  • boil away
  • bottle (something) away
  • break away
  • breeze away
  • bring away
  • brush away
  • burn away
  • burn not your house to fright the mouse away
  • bury away
  • by far
  • call away
  • carried away
  • carry away
  • cart away
  • cart off
  • cast aside
  • cast away
  • chase (someone or something) (away) from some place
  • chase away
  • chatter away
  • chew (away) at (something)
  • chew away
  • chip (away) at (something)
  • chip away
  • chuck away
  • claw away
  • clear away
  • clear out
  • come away
  • come away empty-handed
  • come away with
  • come away with (one)
  • conduct (someone or something) away
  • conduct away
  • constant dripping wears away a stone
  • cower (away) from (someone or something)
  • creep away
  • cringe away from
  • cringe away from (someone or something)
  • crumble away
  • cut at
  • cut away
  • cut away at (someone or something)
  • dash away
  • dawdle away
  • deflect (something) away from (someone or something)
  • deflect away from
  • die away
  • do away with
  • do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
  • drag (someone or something) away
  • drag (someone or something) away from (something)
  • drag away
  • drain away
  • draw (one's) fire away
  • draw apart
  • draw away
  • draw away (someone or something's) fire
  • draw away (someone's or something's) fire
  • draw away from (someone or something)
  • draw fire away from (someone or something)
  • draw fire from
  • dream away
  • drift away
  • drive away
  • drop away
  • dwindle away
  • ease away
  • eat (away) at (someone or something)
  • eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
  • eat away
  • eat away at
  • ebb away
  • edge away
  • explain away
  • face away
  • fade away
  • fade out
  • faint dead away
  • fall away
  • fall away toward
  • fall away toward (something)
  • far and away
  • far and away the best
  • far and away the best (something)
  • fend away
  • fetch away
  • fiddle away
  • file away
  • fire away
  • flake away
  • flake away from (something)
  • fling away
  • flow away
  • flow away from (someone or something)
  • flush away
  • fly away
  • fold away
  • fool away
  • footle away (something)
  • forge away at (something)
  • frighten away
  • frit away
  • fritter away
  • from a mile away
  • from away
  • gamble (something) away
  • gamble away
  • get (one's) end away
  • get away
  • get away from
  • get away from (someone or something)
  • get away from it all
  • get away scot-free
  • get away with
  • get away with (someone or something)
  • get away with murder
  • get away with you
  • get away with you!
  • get away with, to
  • get carried away
  • get carried away with (someone or something)
  • get clean away
  • get your end away
  • get/have your end away
  • getaway sticks
  • give (oneself) away
  • give away
  • give away the shop
  • give away the store
  • give the (whole) show away
  • give the game away
  • give the show away
  • give with one hand and take away with the other
  • giveaway
  • glance away
  • glide away
  • glide away (from someone or something)
  • gnaw (away) at (someone or something)
  • gnaw away
  • go away
  • go away empty-handed
  • go away with
  • go away with (someone)
  • go over the hills and far away
  • going away
  • grab away
  • grab away from (someone or something)
  • graft away
  • grind away
  • grind away at (someone or something)
  • grow away from
  • grow away from (someone or something)
  • guide away
  • guide away (from someone or something)
  • guide away from
  • hack away
  • hack away at (something)
  • hammer away
  • hammer away at
  • hammer away at (someone)
  • hammer away at (something)
  • harp away at (someone or something)
  • have (one's) end away
  • have it away
  • have it away (with someone)
  • have it away with
  • have it off/away with somebody
  • he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
  • head away from
  • head away from (someone or something)
  • heartbeat (away) from being (something)
  • hide away
  • hire (someone) away
  • hire (someone) away from (someone or something)
  • hire away
  • home away from home
  • home away from home, a
  • hurl away
  • hurl away (from someone or something)
  • hurry away
  • idle away
  • incline away
  • incline away (from someone or something)
  • jabber away
  • jaw away
  • jerk away
  • just a stone's throw away (from something)
  • keep away
  • keep away (from someone or something)
  • kick away
  • kiss away
  • kiss the/(one's) pain away
  • kiss the/(one's) tears away
  • knock away
  • labor away (at something)
  • ladybug ladybug, fly away home
  • ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
  • laugh away
  • laugh away at
  • laugh off
  • lay aside
  • lay away
  • layaway
  • laze away
  • leach away
  • lead (someone or something) away
  • let slip away
  • loaf away
  • lock (someone) up and throw away the key
  • lock away
  • loiter away
  • look away
  • look away (from someone or something)
  • lure (someone or something) away
  • lure away
  • make away
  • make away with
  • make away with (someone or something)
  • melt away
  • miles away
  • million miles away
  • moon away
  • motion (one) away from (someone or something)
  • motion away from
  • move away
  • move away from (something)
  • nibble (away) at (something)
  • nibble (away) on (something)
  • nibble away at
  • not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
  • not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
  • one that got away
  • one's home away from home
  • out and away
  • over the hills and far away
  • pack (something) away
  • pack away
  • pass away
  • peel away
  • peel off
  • peg away
  • peg away (at something)
  • peg away at
  • pick away
  • pick away at (one)
  • pick away at (something)
  • piddle away
  • pine away
  • pipe away
  • piss (something) away
  • piss away
  • piss something away
  • pitch away
  • plane away
  • play away
  • play away from home
  • plod away (at something)
  • plod away at
  • plug away
  • plug away (at something)
  • pound away
  • prattle away (about someone or something)
  • prune away
  • puff away (at something)
  • pull away
  • pull away from
  • pull away from (someone or something)
  • purge away
  • push away
  • put aside
  • put away
  • put someone away
  • put something away
  • rattle away
  • remain away
  • remain away (from someone or something)
  • ridden hard and put away wet
  • ride away
  • ride hard and put (something) away wet
  • right away
  • right away/off
  • rip away
  • rip off
  • roar away
  • rode hard and put away wet
  • roll away
  • rot away
  • rot away at (someone or something)
  • rub away
  • run away
  • run away (from someone or something)
  • run away with
  • run away with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
  • run away with (one)
  • run away with (something)
  • run away with the idea
  • run away with the idea/notion
  • run away with the notion
  • rust away
  • sag away
  • salt away
  • salt away, to
  • scamper away
  • scare (one) away from (something)
  • scare (someone or something) away
  • scare away
  • scrape (something) away from (something)
  • scrape away
  • scrape away at (something)
  • scratch away
  • scratch away at (something)
  • scribble away
  • scribble away (at something)
  • scrub away
  • scurry away
  • scuttle away
  • seduce (one) (away) from (someone or something)
  • seep away
  • sell away
  • sell in May and go away
  • sell in May and stay away
  • send (one) about (one's) business
  • send (one) away with (something)
  • send (one) away with a flea in (one's) ear
  • send (someone or something) away
  • send away
  • send away for (something)
  • send away with
  • send someone away with a flea in their ear
  • shoo away
  • shot away
  • shot-away
  • shot-up
  • shrink away (from someone or something)
  • shut away
  • shy away
  • shy away (from someone or something)
  • shy away from
  • shy away from (someone or something)
  • sidle away
  • sidle away (from someone or something)
  • sign (one's) life away
  • sign away
  • slattern away (something)
  • slave away
  • slave away at something
  • sleep away
  • slink away
  • slip away
  • slip out
  • slither away
  • slog away
  • slope away
  • slope away from
  • slope away from (something)
  • slug away (at something)
  • smooth away
  • sneak away
  • sneak away (from some place)
  • sock away
  • soft answer turneth away wrath
  • speed away
  • spirit away
  • sponge away
  • squander away
  • square away
  • squared away
  • squirrel away
  • squirrel something away
  • stash away
  • stay away
  • stay away (from someone or something)
  • steal away
  • steer away from
  • steer away from (someone or something)
  • stone's throw away
  • store away
  • stow away
  • straight away
  • straight off
  • strain away
  • stretch away
  • stretch away from (someone or something)
  • stretch away to
  • stretch away to (someone or something)
  • strip away
  • sweep away
  • swept away
  • swerve away (from someone or something)
  • tail away
  • tail off
  • take (one's) breath away
  • take away
  • take away from
  • take away from (something)
  • take breath away
  • take it away
  • take one's breath away
  • take one's breath away, to
  • take somebody's breath away
  • take someone's breath away
  • take your breath away
  • teach away
  • tear away
  • the one that got away
  • the one who/that got away
  • there's no getting away from (something)
  • there's no getting away from it
  • this too shall pass (away)
  • throw away
  • throw away on
  • throw away on (someone or something)
  • throw away the scabbard
  • throw money away
  • throw-away
  • throwaway
  • thrust away
  • thrust away from
  • thrust away from (someone or something)
  • tick away
  • tip away (at something)
  • toddle away
  • toss away
  • tow away
  • trail away
  • trail off
  • trickle away
  • trifle away
  • trim away
  • tuck away
  • tucked away
  • tug away
  • turn (one) away from (someone or something)
  • turn away
  • turn away from (someone or something)
  • up and away
  • vanish away
  • veer away from
  • walk away
  • walk away from
  • walk away scot-free
  • walk away with
  • walk away with (something)
  • walk off with
  • wander away
  • warn away
  • warn away (from someone or something)
  • warn away from
  • wash away
  • wash someone away
  • waste away
  • wave away
  • wean (away) from (something)
  • wear away
  • wear away at
  • whale away
  • whale away at (someone or something)
  • whale into (someone or something)
  • whale on (someone or something)
  • wheedle (something) away from (one)
  • wheedle away from
  • wheel away
  • when the cat's away
  • when the cat's away (the mice will play)
  • when the cat's away the mice will play
  • while a period of time away
  • while away
  • while away the time, etc.
  • whip away
  • whisk away
  • whittle away
  • whittle away at (something)
  • wild horses couldn't drag (one) away (from something)
  • will away
  • win away
  • wink away
  • winnow away
  • wipe away
  • wish away
  • wither away
  • within a stone's throw
  • woo away
  • work away
  • work away (at something)
  • worlds away
  • wrench (away) from (someone or something)
  • wrest (away) from (someone or something)
  • write away
  • write away for
  • yank away
References in classic literature
As they came to the castle, all was as the fox had said, and at twelve o'clock the young man met the princes going to the bath and gave her the kiss, and she agreed to run away with him, but begged with many tears that he would let her take leave of her father.
Then he was brought before the king, and the king said, 'You shall never have my daughter unless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window.' Now this hill was so big that the whole world could not take it away: and when he had worked for seven days, and had done very little, the fox came and said.
Then Tom became Robin Hood again, and was allowed by the treacherous nun to bleed his strength away through his neglected wound.
The light wind died down and left Lop-Ear on his log floating around a hundred feet away. And then, somehow, I know not how, Lop-Ear made the great discovery.
But the wind, as if satisfied at last with its mischievous pranks, stopped blowing this ocean and hurried away to another part of the world to blow something else; so that the waves, not being joggled any more, began to quiet down and behave themselves.
'I will not, to please you for a moment, make both of us unhappy for our lives; and since I cannot marry you, we have only been too long away, and must go home at once.'
Then the old man went away too, returned to the light of day, and went home.
There was a slough or a creek leading out of it on the other side that went miles away, I don't know where, but it didn't go to the river.
The Kru boy, shrinking away from the dark muzzle of that motionless revolver, was spellbound with fear.
It was clear he did not wish to run too far away from them.
"We three will be ready in a minute," cried Amy, running away to wash her hands.
The woman and Enoch walked together three blocks and then the young man grew afraid and ran away. The woman had been drinking and the incident amused her.
The passengers being all comfortably seated, we now rattled away merrily, accomplishing a greater distance in ten minutes than Christian probably trudged over in a day.
Thy world has not the dross of ours, Yet all the beauty-all the flowers That list our love or deck our bowers In dreamy gardens, where do lie Dreamy maidens all the day; While the silver winds of Circassy On violet couches faint away. Little oh I little dwells in thee11 Like unto what on earth we see: Beauty's eye is here the bluest In the falsest and untruest--On the sweetest air doth float The most sad and solemn note--
One day, when a fearful storm raged far and wide, and the Spirits saw great billows rolling like heavy clouds above their heads, and heard the wild winds sounding far away, down through the foaming waves a little child came floating to their home; its eyes were closed as if in sleep, the long hair fell like sea-weed round its pale, cold face, and the little hands still clasped the shells they had been gathering on the beach, when the great waves swept it into the troubled sea.