Definition of "come away" []

• To become separated from something away. (verb)
• To distance oneself (from) (verb)

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• "The same position is occupied by the women of the Skokomish agency, and here, also, the very best practice is followed, the placenta being allowed to come away without any manual interference except expression over the region of the womb and a slight traction on the cord."
• "But on those occasions when I have tried Chinese food in Italy, I have come away with what can only be described as a small fever of dissatisfaction, an agita, an all-body ache that has the scent of defeat to it."
• "Leaving two runners on in the first, they loaded the bases against Angels starter Joe Saunders in the second; only to come away empty again."