View synonyms for draw away

draw away

Move ahead of competitors, as in On the last lap Jim drew away from the other runners .
Pull off or back, as in He drew his chair away from the fire .

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We had just enough of a start, though, and our mounts were just good enough and fresh enough to gradually draw away from them.

The stronger the impulse grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she draw away from him.

Presently she was conscious that he was trying to do so, that he was gently trying to draw away the concealing hands.

I was near enough to feel her tremble––to see her red lips draw away, in stern conviction, from her white little teeth.

In that loneliness she wondered if there were not those other people—people who could "hear" and not draw away.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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