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pull away
Move away or withdraw, as in The car pulled away from the curb . [Mid-1900s]
Move ahead or forward, as in His horse pulled away and took the lead .
Example Sentences
He first noticed a "really big, long crack where the grass had pulled away and the ground had dropped about six inches" while walking his dogs in the area on Thursday.
However, he has come under increasing pressure with Cardiff unable to pull away from trouble.
He added that had his work colleague not got back on to the train before it pulled away, he could have lost £3,500 worth of work tools.
I had inherited her avoidant tendencies and that urge to pull away, to run.
And as the Clippers pulled away in the final moments of their win against the Warriors in Golden State, they finally knew where their road to their championship goal would begin.
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