move away

verb — 2 senses

move away

verb
1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, away.

2

To go away from a place, especially when permanently changing one's residence.

  • I lost contact with my friend after she had moved away.
  • By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:

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