a lie has no legs »
You can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.
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absence makes the heart grow fonder »
When someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.
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an apple a day keeps the doctor away »
Apples are healthy and stave off illness.Eat healthy and you won't get sick.
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at arm's length »
At a distance, away from one's body.
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at once »
Immediately; now; right away.
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away with the fairies »
Not with it, dreaming, not all there.
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back away »
Of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.
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back off »
To move backwards away from something.
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bad money drives out good »
Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).(metaphorically) Mediocre talent drives away real talent.
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bat away »
To knock an object, usually a ball.
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bat away »
To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
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be off »
To be away from.
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beat it »
To go away.
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beat off »
To drive something away with blows.
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beaver away »
To busily undertake a large task.
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blame Canada »
A catch phrase for shifting attention away from a serious social issue by laying responsibility with Canada.
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blow away »
Flabbergast; scintillate; impress greatly.
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blow away »
To be dispersed as a result of being blown.
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blow away »
To cause to go away by blowing.
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blow over »
To pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down.
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break away »
To leave suddenly.
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bugger off »
Go away.
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buzz off »
Used to tell someone to go away.
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carried away »
Made excessively emotional or excited.
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carry away »
To break under sudden pressure of violent wind.
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carry off »
To transport away.
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cast away »
To discard.
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cast away »
To abandon or maroon.
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chicken out »
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
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chuck away »
To discard, or throw away.
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dead giveaway »
Obvious, easily apparent.
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do away with »
To destroy, eliminate, or make an end of.
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drive away »
To depart by driving a vehicle.
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drive away »
To force someone or something to leave.
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drive off »
To force to leave or go away.
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fall away »
To cease to support a person or cause.
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far and away »
By a large degree or margin; greatly.
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fend away »
To turn something away; to ward off.
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fend off »
Away; to turn away; to defend against; to repel with force or effort.
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field day »
A day of class taken away from school for a field trip.
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file away »
To store in a file.
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fire away »
To begin shooting at an enemy.
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fire away »
To begin to talk or present information quickly.
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from my cold, dead hands »
A statement that something will not be taken away from you until the day you die.
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get away »
escape
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get away »
make an escape
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get away with »
To do something which is prohibited, forbidden or generally not allowed, and not be punished for the action.
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get away with murder »
To do something bad or illegal and not be punished.
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get carried away »
To become excessively involved, to take something too far.
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get one's end away »
To have sex.
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give away the store »
To transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.
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give somebody the slip »
To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
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go away »
Command asking someone to leave them alone.
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go away »
Go away, stop annoying me!.
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go jump in the lake »
Used to tell a person that to go away, or that their request will not be met.
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grass widow »
A married woman whose husband is away.
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grass widower »
A married man whose wife is away.
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haul off »
To alter course so as to get farther away from an object.
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hit the road »
To leave a place; to go away.
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home away from home »
A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.
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keep away from »
To avoid.
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keep away from »
To evade.
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keep away from »
To deny access to.
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keep one's eye on the ball »
My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
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keep oneself to oneself »
To be introverted; to stay away from others.
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keep out of »
To stay away from a place or condition.
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keep up with »
To manage to remain beside or just behind that is moving away from one.
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long absent, soon forgotten »
Love fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.
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long arm »
A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach.
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look off »
To mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.
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make off »
To run away; to exit.
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make oneself scarce »
To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away.
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make tracks »
To leave or depart; to go away.
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off the bat »
From the start; immediately; right away.
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on the spot »
At that very moment; right away.
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out to lunch »
Away eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.
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pack away »
To store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.
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pack away »
To eat a great deal.
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pack up »
To clear away.
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pass away »
To die.
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peg it »
To run away; to leg it; to scarper.
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piss away »
To spend wastefully.
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piss off »
To leave, to go away.
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plug away »
To persist or continue, as with an effort.
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pull away »
To move ahead.
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put away »
To store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.
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put away »
To eat a great deal.
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put away »
To send someone to prison.
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put away »
Divorce.
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put away »
To strike out a batter.
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put away »
To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
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put away »
To take a large lead in a game.
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put up »
To store away.
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ridden hard and put away wet »
Mistreated; not properly cared for.
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right away »
Very soon; quickly; immediately.
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run away »
To flee by running.
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run away »
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
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run away »
escape
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run away with »
To leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
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run away with »
To be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.
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run off »
To chase someone away.
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send away »
To dismiss from one's presence.
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send away »
To send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
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send away for »
To write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing.
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sod off »
Go away.
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square away »
To finish, complete, tidy or put in order.
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squirrel away »
To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to recall a squirrel's burying of nuts.
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steal away »
To leave secretively.
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straight away »
Very soon; quickly; immediately.
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strip away »
To ignore a factor which obscures the reality.
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strip away »
To remove something bit by bit.
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take a hike »
To go away; to leave or depart.
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take a powder »
To leave in a hurry; run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.
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take apart »
To move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.
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take away »
To remove something and put it in a different place.
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take away »
To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
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take away »
To subtract or diminish something.
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take away »
To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
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take away »
To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
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take away »
To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
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take away from »
To make something seem not so good or interesting.
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take to one's heels »
To leave; especially, to flee or run away.
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take to the hills »
To flee or vanish; to run away.
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taking to ones heels »
running away
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tear away »
To remove oneself reluctantly; often expressed in the negative.
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thorn in the flesh »
A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
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throw away »
To discard or dispose of something.
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throw away »
To place a son or daughter for adoption.
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throw money away »
To spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.
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throw out »
To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
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throw to the dogs »
To throw away useless.
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throwing money away »
The act of spending money foolishly; wasting money without regard of the consequences.
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time heals all wounds »
Negative feelings eventually erode away
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to give a person line »
To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.
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to go »
Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.
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tout de suite »
Immediately, right away.
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tune out »
To change the channel or frequency away from.
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turn away »
To rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something.
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turn away »
To bend or turn from a fixed course.
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turn away »
To refuse to admit someone.
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turn away »
To avert or deflect something.
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turn tail »
To flee; to run away; to leave.
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walk away from »
To abandon or leave; to shun.
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wash away »
To eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.
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wash away »
To eliminate, in a figurative sense.
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wash out »
To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
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waste away »
To lose energy and become weak and feeble.
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when the cat's away »
People are likely to take advantage of the absence of authority or enforcement of compliance.
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when the cat's away the mice will play »
In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.
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wipe away »
To remove or erase with a wiping motion.
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