Phrasal verbs · by particle

away

73Verbs

Back awayRetreat or go backwards

Be awayBe elsewhere; on holiday, etc.

Beaver awayWork hard

Blaze awayFire a gun repeatedly

Bottle awayStore up

Break awayLeave an organisation, usually to form a new one

Carried awayGet so emotional that you lose control

Chat awayTalk in a free and friendly manner

Chuck awayDispose of something you no longer need or want

Clear awayLeave a place

Die awayBecome quieter or inaudible (of a sound)

Drive awayForce an animal or someone to leave a place

Drop awayBecome smaller- amount, numbers

Eat awayDestroy slowly

Ebb awayDisappear gradually

Fiddle awayWaste time

File awayPut a document in the correct place for storage in a filing system

Fire awayAsk questions

Frighten awayScare someone so much that they go away

Fritter awayWaste time, money or chances

Ghost awayRemove someone secretly of discreetly

Give awayEntrust your daughter to her husband through the marriage ceremony

Go awayLeave a place or disappear

Grind awayKeep working at something

Hide awayPut something in a place where it won't be found

Jabber awayTalk fast or incomprehensibly

Jaw awayTalk just for the point of talking rather than having anything to say

Keep awayDon't allow someone near something

Lock awayLock in a safe place

Magic awayMake something disappear quickly

Move awayLeave the area where you have been living

Pack awayPut something where it belongs

Peel awayLeave a group by moving in a different direction

Peg awayKeep working at something

Pine awaySuffer physically because of grief, stress, worry, etc

Play awayBe sexually unfaithful when away from home

Plug awayDo something with determination despite any difficulties

Pull awayWhen a vehicle moves from a place

Put awayStore something. Put something back in the correct place

Run awayEscape from people, a place or a situation

Rush awayLeave a place in a hurry

Salt awaySave money

Scare awayFrighten someone some much that they go away

Shoot awayLeave somewhere quickly

Shut awayImprison or remove someone's freedom

Shy awayRetreat or shrink from something unpleasant or frightening

Sign awayGive away legal or property rights

Slip awayLose an opportunity or the chance of winning, succeeding, etc

Sock awaySave money in a bank account, investment, etc

Spaff awayWaste (money, time, resources, etc)

Spirit awayRemove someone secretly from a place

Square awayFinish or sort something out

Stash awayStore or hide something in a safe place

Stay awayNot come

Steal awayLeave a place quietly or secretly

Stow awayHide in a vehicle to travel without people knowing

Strip awayReduce or remove

Tail awayBecome silent or inaudible

Take awayRemove

Tear awayStop someone doing something unwillingly

Throw awayDiscard something when no longer needed

Tick awayPass (of time)

Tow awayRemove a vehicle, especially if parked illegally

Tuck awayPut something in a safe place

Turn awayNot allow someone to enter a place

Wash awayWhen floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.

Waste awayBecome very thin and weak, usually due to illness

Wear awayErode, remove gradually

While awaySpend time doing something because you have nothing better to do

Whisk awayTake to another place quickly

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