Away
Away adverb - From this or that place.
In a straight line and away are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In a straight line" instead an adverb "Away".
In a straight line
Away and in a straight line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Away" instead an adverb phrase "In a straight line".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Similar to the Prometheus example, Toy Story has Buzz Lightyear running away from a globe in a straight line.
Source: One-Dimensional Thinking - Drawn Together has Foxxy Love running away from a giant marshmallow in a straight line similar to when Indiana Jones ran away from the boulder in Raiders of the Lost Ark until Wooldoor Sockbat gets her out of the way.
Source: One-Dimensional Thinking - In Happy Tree Friends, Lumpy runs away from a falling tree in a straight line in the episode Out on a Limb before tripping on a rock and the tree falls on his right leg and he has to cut it off.
Source: One-Dimensional Thinking
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In a straight line and Away. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/away/in_a_straight_line
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