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away (uh WAY) (adverb)
1. From a particular thing or place: Rodney ran away from the barking dog.

Dixie and Hal sent the children away to boarding school.

2. At or to a distance in space or time: The Quinton family lived a block away from the park.
3. At or by a considerable interval: The scientist lived away back in the 17th century.
aweigh (uh WAY) (adjective)
A reference to an anchor; just clear of the bottom of a body of water: The ship raised its anchor aweigh.

The position of an anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom is referred to as being aweigh.

The sailors sang a shanty which began with the expression, "Anchors aweigh, lads, anchors aweigh" as the ship drew away from the dock. "Hurray!  The anchor is aweigh and we are away to the Far East."