"want-away" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ [UK] Forms: more want-away [comparative], most want-away [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: * from verb phrase "to want away"; from want + away Head templates: {{en-adj}} want-away (comparative more want-away, superlative most want-away)
  1. (of a professional sportsperson, usually an association footballer) who wants to move to another club
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-adj-D93InW2i
  2. (by extension, of any person or organisation) seeking to move its workplace to another location Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-adj-E6~J7ViR Categories (other): English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 17 47 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discontented, unsettled, wantaway

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ [UK] Forms: want-aways [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: * from verb phrase "to want away"; from want + away Head templates: {{en-noun}} want-away (plural want-aways)
  1. A want-away person or organisation
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-noun-2hgosQTi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 33 61 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 34 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 20 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wantaway

Inflected forms

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