(of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.
Verb phrases
14.
do away with,
to get rid of; abolish; stop.
to kill:
Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
Idioms
15.
away with,
take away:
Away with him!
go away! leave!:
Away with you!
16.
where away?, (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
Origin
before 950;Middle English;Old Englishaweg, reduction of on weg. See on, a-1, way
Examples from the web for away
The medical consensus has shifted away from bed rest for back pain and toward exercise.
In multiple trials, she hid a wireless speaker in a fake tree trunk near each group of elephants, then drove away.
Everyone knows it's no fun to be away from your significant other.
Then, when you get away you still have the option to return if you want.
It may often be true that the best way to raise demand for your product is to give it away.
Painful as it may be to think about, the fall semester looms a month away.
Tell me a tale about a wicked stepmother who has two children who run away to the woods.
Turning away some investors and telling those he accepted not to talk to outsiders produced a sense of exclusivity.
Over time, animals have developed many ways to stay away from predators.
To escape predators in the ocean, these cephalopods will speed away by shooting a jet of water.
British Dictionary definitions for away
away
/əˈweɪ/
adverb
1.
from a particular place; off: to swim away
2.
in or to another, usual, or proper place: to put toys away
3.
apart; at a distance: to keep away from strangers
4.
out of existence: the music faded away
5.
indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc: to turn one's head away, to give away money
6.
indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something: to sleep away the hours
7.
continuously: laughing away, fire away
8.
away with, a command for a person to go or be removed: away with you, away with him to prison!
9.
far and away, by a very great margin: far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten
10.
(Canadian) from away, from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
adjective (usually postpositive)
11.
not present: away from school
12.
distant: he is a good way away
13.
having started; released: he was away before sunrise, bombs away!
14.
(also prenominal) (sport) played on an opponent's ground: an away game
15.
(golf) (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
16.
(baseball) (of a player) having been put out
17.
(horse racing) relating to the outward portion or first half of a race
noun
18.
(sport) a game played or won at an opponent's ground
interjection
19.
an expression of dismissal
Word Origin
Old English on weg on way
Word Origin and History for away
adv.
late Old English aweg, earlier on weg "on from this (that) place;" see a- (1) + way. Colloquial use for "without delay" (fire away, also right away) is from earlier sense of "onward in time" (16c.). Intensive use (e.g. away back) is American English, first attested 1818.