going-away direction
noun phraseUK /ˌɡəʊɪŋ əˈweɪ dəˈrekʃən/
US /ˌɡoʊɪŋ əˈweɪ dəˈrekʃən/
The way you face when you are leaving a place.
She pointed in the going-away direction so we knew which road to take home.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The direction a vehicle or person travels when moving away from a starting point.
The bus moved in the going-away direction from the station.
3. The side or path that leads away from a place you are at.
Stand on the going-away direction of the platform to catch the train out of town.
4. A way of facing that points away from something rather than toward it.
He turned in the going-away direction and waved goodbye.