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from away

from away phrase: someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.

Phrase

from away

  1. (Maine, derogatory, idiomatic) Someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.
    • Those people from away are making housing unaffordable.
    • It was the most From Away thing I could have done; it was also the most Maine thing I could have done.2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about from away

What does from away mean?
From away means someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.
What part of speech is from away?
From away is a phrase.

Words near from away in the dictionary

  1. from A to Zee
  2. from aardvark to zymurgy
  3. from all accounts
  4. from all reports
  5. from an early age
  6. from away
  7. from beginning to end
  8. from behind
  9. from can see to can't see
  10. from central casting
  11. from cover to cover

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