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Draw away

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move away. intransitive

    "She looked at me and then turned and glanced at my arm about her, and then she seemed quite suddenly to realize the scantiness of her apparel and drew away, covering her face with her palms and blushing furiously."

  2. 2
    remove by drawing or pulling wordnet
  3. 3
    To lead away, or cause to move away, by luring. transitive

    "An almost 19th-century atmosphere has returned to Beetham since the M6 motorway drew away the traffic which used to roar along its main street."

  4. 4
    move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race wordnet

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