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The phrase "away if only" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks context to determine its intended use.
Example: "I would go away if only I had the means to travel."
Alternatives: "if only I could leave" or "if only I had the chance".
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So our unemployment problem wouldn't go away if only people could move more easily.
On Wednesday, those domestic problems confronting Morsi melted away, if only for a moment.
They were dressed in costumes so revealing that I turned away, if only out of embarrassment for my children.
He said he would have just walked away if only his employer wasn't holding one-and-a-half months' pay in case he might flee".
We have but to look at one another and then say "Venezia" for the present woes of the world to fade away, if only for a moment.
She thinks we want anecdotes about her wine breath, about the awesome guy who got away, if only she could remember his name.
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Ms. Duff takes away the "if only".
Take away the "if" in "if only" and you will be only left with "only".
It's time to put the "if only's" away.
Being able to talk about it takes that away – even if only a little bit".
But, if the charades of appearances and manners are stripped away, and if only economic tumult and questions of conscience are considered, then mid-nineteenth-century Britain had much in common with India today.
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