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away

Main Entry:: ¹away
Pronunciation:: \ə-ˈwā\
Function:: adverb
Date:: before 12th century

1: on the way : along <get away early>2: from this or that place <go away>3 a: in a secure place or manner <locked away> b: in another direction <look away>4: out of existence : to an end <echoes dying away>5: from one's possession <gave away a fortune>6: steadily onward : uninterruptedly <clocks ticking away>7: by a long distance or interval : far <away back in 1910>

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