draw away
Idioms-
Pull off or back, as in He drew his chair away from the fire .
-
Move ahead of competitors, as in On the last lap Jim drew away from the other runners .
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The top two streaks of 52 and 32 games in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were split by a single goalless draw away to Wales in March 1902.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack, detached itself and began to draw away.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
