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BW2/3  #287123  Sun, 29 Oct 06 09:43 PM

I need to get some fresh air and put my mind away something bad. 

Is this sentence correct?

Thank you

  
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Marius Hancu  #287124  Sun, 29 Oct 06 09:45 PM
I need to get some fresh air and put my mind away FROM (DOING) something bad.
  
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Clive  #287128  Sun, 29 Oct 06 09:54 PM

Hi,

'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase. Consider something like 'distract myself from  . . . '

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BW2/3  #287132  Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:01 PM

Thank you very much Marius Hancu and Clive! 

Can I say:

I need to get some fresh air and stop thinking about the barber shop incident.  

Once again, thank you

  
Grammar Geek  #287133  Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:04 PM

As long as your audience knows what it was that happened at the barber shop. (You can also say "that" barber shop incident.)

You may be looking for the phrase "clear my head."

  
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Marius Hancu  #287152  Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:33 PM
 Clive wrote:
'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase.
That might be the case. The New York Times only reports:

take/steer/pull/turn/keep my mind away from
  
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