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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

get away vs go or depart

Could you please explain the differences between them.
Get away
Go
Depart
(and other usual verb for expressing leaving a place)

I would appreciate it if you could explain those verbs. I need to learn in which situations should I use them.
Thanks. Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

Get away: to have a holiday/vacation. We usually say get away from sb/sth to mean to escape from sb or somewhere. For this meaning, we can also use go away .

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  • Get away: to have a holiday/vacation.
  • We usually say get away from sb/sth to mean to escape from sb or somewhere.
  • For this meaning, we can also use go away .
  • Go: to generally move from one place to another Depart: to leave a place, you use it especially for a trip .
  • It's my opinion.
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Get away: to have a holiday/vacation. We usually say get away from sb/sth to mean to escape from sb or somewhere. For this meaning, we can also use go away.
Go: to generally move from one place to another
Depart: to leave a place, you use it especially for a trip.
It's my opinion.
How about: leave, set out, set off,....?
GN
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Thanks. Emotion: smile
Yes. But I meant the situations that all of them mean slightly the same, but describe different emotion, except "depart
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youzoudescribe different emotion
Is this what you meant?
Get away: used to show that you do not believe or are surpised by what sb has said. It is informal British English.
A: I could passed the exam, although I hadn't studied at all.
B: Get away! (I dont' believe it!)
Go: used to tell sb to leave a place.
C: Oh, it's l
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Thanks for your time Emotion: smile , that was my mistake that I didn't tell what I meant.
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Oh, okay. Emotion: smile Hope you've had a good time with the topics.
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