write away

write away
write away
to write a lot; to continue writing. •

There he was, writing away, not paying attention to anything else.

I spent the entire afternoon writing away, having a fine, productive time.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • write away — see ↑write off below. • • • Main Entry: ↑write …   Useful english dictionary

  • write away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms write away : present tense I/you/we/they write away he/she/it writes away present participle writing away past tense wrote away past participle written away same as write off 3) We wrote away for a brochure …   English dictionary

  • write away — v. (d; intr.) to write away for (the children wrote away for a puzzle book) * * * [ raɪtə weɪ] (d; intr.) to write away for (the children wrote away for a puzzle book) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • write away to something for something — ˌwrite ˈoff/aˈway (to sb/sth) (for sth) derived to write to an organization or a company, usually in order to ask them to send you sth Syn: ↑send off • I ve written off for the catalogue. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • write away to something — ˌwrite ˈoff/aˈway (to sb/sth) (for sth) derived to write to an organization or a company, usually in order to ask them to send you sth Syn: ↑send off • I ve written off for the catalogue. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • write away to somebody — ˌwrite ˈoff/aˈway (to sb/sth) (for sth) derived to write to an organization or a company, usually in order to ask them to send you sth Syn: ↑send off • I ve written off for the catalogue. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • write away for something — ˌwrite ˈoff/aˈway (to sb/sth) (for sth) derived to write to an organization or a company, usually in order to ask them to send you sth Syn: ↑send off • I ve written off for the catalogue. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • write away to somebody for something — ˌwrite ˈoff/aˈway (to sb/sth) (for sth) derived to write to an organization or a company, usually in order to ask them to send you sth Syn: ↑send off • I ve written off for the catalogue. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • write — W1S1 [raıt] v past tense wrote [rəut US rout] past participle written [ˈrıtn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(book/article/poem etc)¦ 2¦(letter)¦ 3¦(form words)¦ 4¦(state something)¦ 5¦(music/song)¦ 6¦(computer program)¦ 7¦(a computer records something)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • write — [ raıt ] (past tense wrote [ rout ] ; past participle writ|ten [ rıtn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create story/letter etc. ▸ 2 make words etc. with pen ▸ 3 create formal document ▸ 4 in computing ▸ 5 spell a word ▸ 6 when pen works ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • write — /raIt/ verb past tense wrote past participle written / rItn/ 1 BOOK/ARTICLE ETC a) (I, T) to produce a new book, poem song etc: I can t come with you I have an essay to write. | a concerto written by Mozart | write about (=describe something):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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