from away

phrase

Someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.

“Those people from away are making housing unaffordable.”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. MainederogatoryidiomaticSomeone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.

    Those people from away are making housing unaffordable.

    1 more example

    It was the most From Away thing I could have done; it was also the most Maine thing I could have done.

    2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Cite this entry
APA

from away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20away

MLA

“from away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20away. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from away,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20away.

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