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Word entry · 4 letters

away

Best crossword clue

"Not on home turf"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /əˈweɪ/Part of speech adjective, adverbSorted aawyStarts with AEnds with Y4 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2W3A4Y

Definitions

  1. Not here; at a distance

Word origin

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way.

Used in a sentence

  • He went away on vacation.
  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
  • I tried to approach him, but he turned away.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Not on home turf4 letters
02Not present4 letters
03Visiting the opponent4 letters
04Not here4 letters

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