COME AWAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does come away mean?
• COME AWAY (verb)
The verb COME AWAY has 2 senses:
1. come to be detached
2. leave in a certain condition
Familiarity information: COME AWAY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COME AWAY (verb)
Meaning:
Come to be detached
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
come away; come off; detach
Context example:
His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
Hypernyms (to "come away" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come away"):
blow off (come off due to an explosion or other strong force)
chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)
unsolder (remove the soldering from)
fall off (come off)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Leave in a certain condition
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
She came away angry
Hypernyms (to "come away" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
