away with you

Example Sentences

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However, I was talking to my mother about this and she thinks it’s a terrible idea because it’s “buying friendship” and “if they want to go away with you, they’ll pay for themselves.”

From Slate • May 11, 2020

Library director Richard Reyes-Gavilan promised that no linear shelf space will be lost in the renovation, suggesting that this won’t be one of those library transformations that does away with, you know, the books.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2017

Mary: “But now you’ll take them away with you to Boston.”

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

Worry just runs away with you doesn't it, the what ifs, there's no treatment, no cures, so if it comes - that's it.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2011

“I just want to make sure you’re healthy. Your illness can run away with you before you even know it.”

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram