Compound words with AWAY

AWAY is a one-sided word. It finishes 5 compounds in this list and heads none of them, so it can end a chain but never sit in the middle of one.

Words that go in front of AWAY

Each of these makes a compound ending in AWAY.

Why AWAY joins the way it does

AWAY never starts a compound in this list — it only ever finishes one, and always behind a verb. BREAKAWAY, CASTAWAY, RUNAWAY, TAKEAWAY and THROWAWAY are all phrasal verbs frozen into nouns.

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