draw away
Idioms-
Pull off or back, as in He drew his chair away from the fire .
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Move ahead of competitors, as in On the last lap Jim drew away from the other runners .
Example Sentences
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On one outing I noticed Sarah starting to draw away from me with no impediment ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts dropped points for the third league game running as they played out a goalless draw away to Motherwell on Saturday.
From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025
Strasbourg moved level on 10 points with Samsunspor at the top after the Turkish side could only manage a 2-2 draw away to Breidablik of Iceland.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
Ecuador, Argentina's nearest challengers, booked their spot at next summer's tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States after a 0-0 draw away at Peru.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
Reflexively, I began to draw away from the memories, the way you might pull your hand back from a fire.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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