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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

look away

What does phrase look away mean?
  

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Have you checked a dictionary, Jackson? Without any context, I'd say it means 'avert one's gaze'. q=look+away&r=66 Context could affect the meaning, however.

— Yankee

  • Have you checked a dictionary, Jackson?
  • Without any context, I'd say it means 'avert one's gaze'.
  • q=look+away&r=66 Context could affect the meaning, however.
  • If the definition above doesn't seem right in a specific sentence, then please post the whole sentence.
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Have you checked a dictionary, Jackson?

Without any context, I'd say it means 'avert one's gaze'.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=look+away&r=66

Context could affect the meaning, however. If the definition above doesn't seem right in a specific sentence, then pleas
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It needs context to make sense. You need to know where the focus of attention is supposed to be. If I say, "Don't look away when I'm talking to you!," I mean, "Don't look away from me."

"I just saw a really bad car accident. I had to look away. It was too horrible!
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Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
Early on one frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie.
Away,
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Look toward the South?
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Hey, Jim,

Another old farmer I knew (a well-educated man) often used a whole string of prepositions: away off down through the meadow. I think the song is like that. Way up yonder becomes a-way up yonder becomes away up yonder. So the song means look toward, not away from.

Regards, - A.
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0 Isn't it in another folk song, too - the one about going away, and who will tie your shoe while I am gone? 02br
00 "For who will tie your shoe, and who will glove your hand, and who will kiss your ruby lips while I am gone? Look away, look away, look away over Yandro."02br
00 It certainly is a 01i00wistful 02i00preposition. 0-
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01cite10Delmobile12cite10who will kiss your ruby lips while I am gone?12blockquote
10This belongs in the be-careful-what-you-ask category, I think.02br
00As for 01i00look away02i00, it's equally meaningless here. In songs I suspect it's filler like 01i00fa-la-la-la-la0
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11span10Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,12br
11b10Old times there are not forgotten12b10,12br
10Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.12br
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10In Dixie Land, where I was born in,12br
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0The Alabama girl steps up to the plate...02br
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001) Judging from the tune, I would say it's the first choice. "We will never forget our experiences in the region," rather than "In that region, people cling to memories of the past." Although the second is certainly true enough 05002br
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002) "Take my stand," I believe, is a battle metaphor. Cus
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0 Thank you very much for the explanation, Alabama girl! 0-
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