GOES (AWAY) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

goes (away)

verb

Definition of goes (away)

present tense third-person singular of go (away)

as in disappears

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The next shift is to build continuity around the product itself, and its ownership… For brands, a product no longer disappears after the first sale.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
First, a Portuguese fishing vessel disappears without a trace.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappears

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Step into this red light foot wrap and watch as your fatigue melts away.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), a 3D printing method, a laser selectively melts layers of metal powder to form complex internal passages and cavities.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of melts

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Community organizations spent decades cultivating wealthy baby boomer donors, and so that connection fades with each generation removed from the original donors.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Its manganese spins continue fluctuating in preferred directions after long-range magnetic order fades.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of fades

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The agent then flees into the titular pawn shop as a mob of protesters pursue him.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026
Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of flees

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Charles breaks up a fight between Russell Kind and Eli James and for the first time in history, Russell has a right to be angry.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
When the ice breaks up in spring, the water in a lake begins what is commonly called a turnover.

— Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

Definition of breaks up

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