Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of go away
- idiomaticAhead of the competitors and still increasing the lead.
Clearly superior to her opposition, Lady Val got the upper hand late and won going away. What a ride!
2017 October 9, “‘Best Filly I Have Trained’- Goodman”, in Sporting News (South Africa), archived from the original on 21 Feb 2018, retrieved 10 Oct 20172 more examples
Kells Castle has a leading chance in a wide open 25-runner Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle. He scored going away by three and a half lengths at Fairyhouse.
2006 April 29, Pat Keane, “Rely on Ranger to follow up”, in Irish Examiner, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025, retrieved 10 Oct 2017Seven weeks later on May 27th, Conibear and his men faced a tough California crew on Lake Washington and defeated them going away in a time of 16:56.
2017, “Husky Crew: 1916”, in Washington Rowing—The 100+ Year History, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2026, retrieved 10 Oct 2017 - broadlyidiomaticReadily, handily, unmistakably.
"I have never been chewed out like he chewed me out. . . . It must have worked because we went out in the second half and beat them going away."
2014, Seth Davis, Wooden: A Coach's Life, →ISBN, page 66
Synonyms & antonyms
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