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Definition of "want-away" [want-away]

  • Who wants to move to another club (adjective)
  • Seeking to move its workplace to another location (adjective)
  • A want-away person or organisation (noun)

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Use "want-away" in a sentence
  • "• And as Premier League managers struggle to manage their want-away superstars, a reminder from a man who knows that the grandees of football once knew how to handle this sort of thing."
  • "Day after day, hour upon hour, its rarely changing cast of attractive young blonde women sportscasters, and their wiry-haired, shouty, mildly rakish uncles, scour the world for want-away strikers and stalled contract talks, while, of course, holding the front page for the merest tweak of a groin or hamstring."
  • "He may be getting rid of ambling tearful goal-scapegoat Dimitar Berbatov, indolent Glenn Hoddle-lite Michael Carrick, juddering, creaking, back-firing defensive Rolls Royce Rio Ferdinand and apparently want-away ace grappler Nemanja Vidic."
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