going away

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going away - the act of departing

departure, going, leaving

human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen

breaking away - departing hastily

leave-taking, parting, farewell, leave - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

French leave - an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell)

disappearance, disappearing - the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

sailing - the departure of a vessel from a port

boarding, embarkation, embarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

exit - the act of going out

dispatch, shipment, despatch - the act of sending off something

takeoff - a departure; especially of airplanes

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"Are you glad that you are going away from Tredowen?" he asked.

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But I am remaining in Petersburg; I am not going away from Petersburg!

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I am going away at once, and you may live here with your mistress!"

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It's respect and duty to her aunts, and the rest of her kin as are so good to her, should have kept my niece from fixing about going away again without consulting us; not sweethearts, if I'm to use such a word, though it was never heared in my family."

Tulliver broke in anxiously, "I'm sure Maggie never thought o' going away without staying at your house as well as the others.

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I beg you, Natalie," Prince Andrew said with sudden seriousness- "I am going away and heaven knows what may happen.

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Fred knew little and cared less about Ladislaw and the Casaubons, and his mind never recurred to that discussion till one day calling on Rosamond at his mother's request to deliver a message as he passed, he happened to see Ladislaw going away. Fred and Rosamond had little to say to each other now that marriage had removed her from collision with the unpleasantness of brothers, and especially now that he had taken what she held the stupid and even reprehensible step of giving up the Church to take to such a business as Mr.

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She had given him his choice of going away with her at once or of being prosecuted for bigamy.

"I had but one reason, sir, for going away by the first conveyance that I could find to take me, and this was the fear that Van Brandt might discover me if I remained in Perthshire.

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Summary: Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 18 (ANI): Amid alleged horse-trading attempts being by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (Secular) MLA GT Devegowda confirmed that none of their members were 'going away', irrespective of the amount of money being offered.

None of our members are going away: JD(S)

The 36-year-old said: "I had been in the squad a long time and, I'll be honest, I was finding it hard going away with England.

My England misery

"I'd been in the squad a long time and found it hard going away with England," Carrick, 36, told the BBC's Premier League Show.