go away

Depart from me

Go away is a command telling someone or something to leave or depart from the speaker's presence.

It ranges from neutral request to sharp dismissal depending on tone and context: Go away, I'm busy or The rash won't go away.

When applied to problems, symptoms, or feelings, it means to disappear or cease: I wish this headache would just go away.

The phrase can soften with please or harden into outright rejection.

dismiss

shoo

Command to leave

buzz off · back off · leave me alone · expulsion · ejection · banishment · eviction · removal · deportation · exile

depart

leave

Sanctioned time away

emigrate · relocate · migrate · flee · escape · evacuate · retreat · withdraw · vacate · voyage

vanish

disappear

Pass from visibility

dissipate · recede · subside · clear up · wear off · pass · lift · abate · disperse · dwindle

rebuff

rejection

Denial of acceptance

  • refusalAct of declining
  • snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
  • rebukeExpress sharp disapproval

spurn · brush off · cold shoulder · shut out · turn down · dismiss · ignore · shun · unwelcome · intrusion

Categories
Opposites
movement direction

go awaycome here

Summons to approach

come back · arrive · come · approach · return

presence/absence

go awaystay

Remain in position

remain · stick around · stay put · persist · linger

social interaction command

go awaycome in

Permitted to enter

welcome · stay · come on in · come here · enter

Family

go, away, gone, goes, going away, gone away

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G