where away
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English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- (archaic) Where are you going? What is your destination?
- Synonym: whither away
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- 'Where away the nicht sae late, laird?' says John.
'I go to save a soul from hell,' was the answer.
- (nautical) A query uttered by the officer of the deck as to the direction of an object sighted by the lookout.