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going away

going away is the present participle and gerund of go away.

Adverb

going away

  1. (idiomatic) Ahead of the competitors and still increasing the lead.
    • Kells Castle has a leading chance in a wide open 25-runner Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle. He scored going away by three and a half lengths at Fairyhouse.2006 April 29, Pat Keane, “Rely on Ranger to follow up”, in Irish Examiner, retrieved 10 Oct 2017
    • Seven weeks later on May 27th, Conibear and his men faced a tough California crew on Lake Washington and defeated them going away in a time of 16:56.2017, “Husky Crew: 1916”, in Washington Rowing—The 100+ Year History, retrieved 10 Oct 2017
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) Readily, handily, unmistakably.
    • "I have never been chewed out like he chewed me out. . . . It must have worked because we went out in the second half and beat them going away."2014, Seth Davis, Wooden: A Coach's Life, →ISBN, page 66

Meaning of go away

Verb

go away (third-person singular simple present goes away, present participle going away, simple past went away, past participle gone away)

  1. To depart or leave a place.
    • I'm not going to buy it. Please go away and don't come back.
    Synonyms:
    leave
  2. To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.
    • Will you be going away at the weekend?
  3. (euphemistic) To go to prison to be incarcerated.
    • If you get caught, you're going away for a long time.
  4. To vanish or disappear.
    • As you get closer the haze goes away.

See all 5 meanings of go away

Questions about going away

What does going away mean?
Going away means ahead of the competitors and still increasing the lead.
What is going away the present participle and gerund of?
Going away is the present participle and gerund of go away.
What part of speech is going away?
Going away is an adverb.

Words near going away in the dictionary

  1. going around with
  2. going astray
  3. going at
  4. going at a good clip
  5. going at it
  6. going away
  7. going away dress
  8. going away dresses
  9. going awry
  10. going back
  11. going back a long way

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