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Definition of Come away

1. Verb. Come to be detached. "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

2. Verb. Leave in a certain condition. "She came away angry"

Definition of Come away

1. Verb. (intransitive of two objects) to become separated from something away. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To distance oneself (from) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Away

come-over come-to-Jesus come a cropper come a long way come about come across come after come again come alive come along

come and go come apart come around come away (current term) come back come before come between come by come clean come close

come down come down on come down the pike come down to come down to us come down with come for come forth

Literary usage of Come away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"Such triumphs of sound are more characteristic of Shakespeare than of any other Elizabethan.1" — JH Fowler. (2) " come away, come away, death" II, iv, jo. ..."

2. English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700 by Frederic Ives Carpenter (1897)
"come away I ... Till she, that hates, doth love return, Thus will I mourn, thus will I sing, "come away! come away, my darling!" Beauty is but a blooming, ..."

3. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"Margaret 1 Come, dear children, come away down. Call no more. ... She will not come though you call all day come away, come away. ..."

4. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1897)
"That they do rejoice in each other's voice, My love, my dove come away. All smiling in love the young turtle dove, The flowers appearing in May, [days, ..."

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