come away

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come away

vb (intr, adverb)

1. to become detached

2. (foll by with) to leave (with)

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Verb	1.	come away - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" come off, detach blow off - come off due to an explosion or other strong force chop off, lop off, cut off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" unsolder - remove the soldering from fall off - come off; "This button had fallen off" divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
	2.	come away - leave in a certain condition; "She came away angry" go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

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w>come away

(= leave) → (weg)gehen; come away with me for a few days → fahr doch ein paar Tage mit mir weg!; come away from there! → komm da weg!; come away in! (Scot) → kommen Sie doch rein!

(= become detached) → abgehen

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Come away!' Maggy would then wake up more or less fretfully, and they would wander about a little, and come back again.

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secured a bonus point, but Bath could have come away with nothing, having trailed for half an hour before the break and gifted the Titans two tries through errors.