Cryptic crossword clue
A course taken abroad 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AWAY

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What does AWAY mean?

AWAY verb
  1. To depart; to go to another place.
AWAY adjective
  1. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
  2. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
  3. Not on one's home territory.
  4. (following the noun modified) Out.
AWAY adverb
  1. From a place, hence.
  2. Aside; off; in another direction.
  3. Aside, so as to discard something.
  4. At a stated distance in time or space.
  5. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
  6. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
  7. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  8. So as to remove or use up something.
  9. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
  10. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
  11. Without restraint.
AWAY interjection
  1. Come on!; go on!

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