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Meaning of from away | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B2

Definitions

Someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state.

Maine, derogatory, idiomatic

Examples

“Those people from away are making housing unaffordable.”

“It was the most From Away thing I could have done; it was also the most Maine thing I could have done.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

from goo to you by way of the zoo from here on in from here on out from hereon out from someone's mouth to God's ears from the river to the sea