come away

1. 1.

   come to be detached

   “His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery”

   Synonymsdetachcome off

   Broaderseparate

   Narrowerblow offcut offunsolderfall off
2. 2.

   leave in a certain condition

   “She came away angry”

   Broaderleave

Questions about come away

What does come away mean?

come away means "come to be detached". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come away?

Close synonyms include detach, come off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come away a common word?

come away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.