go away verb 4exclamation 1forms 4 verb4 •To depart or leave a place.I'm not going to buy it. Please go away and don't come back. •To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.Will you be going away at the weekend?Are you going away this year? •To vanish or disappear.As you get closer the haze goes away.This cold just won't go away. •(euphemistic) To go to prison to be incarcerated.If you get caught, you're going away for a long time. exclamation1 •A command demanding someone to leave.Go away! Stop annoying me! formswent away · gone away · going away · goes away