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Hi, Please help me understand the meaning of away in the sentence from a fairy-tale: “It’s the nicest tune we have ever heard”, said all the other fairies and away they danced. They stayed where they were and went on talking with Jack later – why away? Thanks in advance.
Hi, Please help me understand the meaning of away in the sentence from a fairy-tale: “It’s the nicest tune we have ever heard”, said all the other fairies and away they danced. They stayed where they were and went on talking with Jack later – why away? Thanks in advance.
That's a fairly informal use of 'away' to modify a verb that involves continuity or repetition or lack of inhibition: There she was, talking away, regardless of how stupid she looked.
An informal way of saying 'carry on' is 'fire away'.
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.
…and away they danced. 
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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