<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>from this or that place; off: to go away.</li><li>aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers.</li><li>far; apart: away back; away from the subject.</li><li>out of one's possession or use: to give money away.</li><li>out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.</li><li>incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.</li><li>without hesitation: Fire away.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>absent; gone: to be away from home.</li><li>distant: six miles away.</li><li>immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.</li><li>Sports: played in a ballpark, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: Compare home.</li><li>winners in their last three away games.</li><li>Baseball: having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.</li><li>Golf: (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to get rid of; abolish; stop.</li><li>to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.</li></ul>