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wantaway, a. colloq. (orig. and chiefly Brit.). Brit. |ˈwɒntəweɪ|, U.S. |ˈwɑn(t)əˌweɪ| [‹ want v.1 + away adv.] Designating a person who wishes to leave; spec. designating a footballer who wants a transfer to another club.
1989P. Shaw Whose Game is it Anyway? 5/3 Magazines aimed at the older end of the market..tend to ape their junior brethren by perpetuating euphemisms like tough-tackling (dirty) or want-away (greedy). 1994Agence France Presse (Nexis) 9 Mar. There had been no government decision to compensate wantaway settlers. 1998J. White Diary of Darren Tackle 135 Our ‘wantaway South American’ as he is known in the papers, has been up to his usual tricks slaggin' us off to all and sundry. 2001FourFourTwo Aug. 51/2 The want-away striker, who bagged a brace in the vital World Cup clash, has issued a come-and-get-me plea. |