Definition of: away

(ə·wā′) adverb
1. From a given place; off.
2. Far; at or to a distance.
3. In another direction; aside.
4. Out of existence; at an end.
5. On and on continuously: to peg away at a task.
6. From one's keeping, attention, or possession.
7. At once, without hesitation: Fire away!
—to do (or make) away with
1. To get rid of.
2. To kill.
—adjective
1. Absent.
2. At a distance.
—interj. Begone! [OE on weg on (one's) way]