come away

come away
phrasal verb [intransitive]
Word forms "come away":
present tense I/you/we/they come away he/she/it comes away present participle coming away past tense came away past participle come away
1) British if one thing comes away from another that it was fixed to, it becomes separated from it by accident

Another block of stone came away from the wall.

2) to leave in a particular state or condition
come away with:

We came away with the feeling that they didn't really approve of us.

3) [often in imperative] to move away from someone or something

The man looked drunk, so we came away.

come away from:

Come away from that dog!


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