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Default Re: …and away they danced.

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Originally Posted by Humble View Post
Aha, so they danced on.
Thanks, Bob.
I don't know the fairy tale, but if a character were reporting the scene, he could be using 'danced away' in the sense of dancing away from the narrator [to the other side of the room]. But the meaning of 'danced on' is more likely.

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