Going away

adv, verb

adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the act of departing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of go away form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adverb
  1. 1
    Ahead of the competitors and still increasing the lead. idiomatic

    "Kells Castle has a leading chance in a wide open 25-runner Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle. He scored going away by three and a half lengths at Fairyhouse."

  2. 2
    Readily, handily, unmistakably. broadly, idiomatic

    ""I have never been chewed out like he chewed me out. . . . It must have worked because we went out in the second half and beat them going away.""

Synonyms

All synonyms
departuredeparturesgoingleaving

Example

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"Kells Castle has a leading chance in a wide open 25-runner Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle. He scored going away by three and a half lengths at Fairyhouse."

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