Akademik

pull away
verb
pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 1)
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The enemy withdrew

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The limo pulled away from the curb

• Syn:
↑withdraw, ↑retreat, ↑draw back, ↑recede, ↑pull back, ↑retire, ↑move back
• Ant: ↑advance (for: ↑recede)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pullback (for: ↑pull back), ↑receding (for: ↑recede), ↑withdrawal (for: ↑withdraw)
• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote
• Hyponyms: ↑fall back, ↑retrograde, ↑retreat, ↑back up, ↑back off, ↑back down
• Verb Group:
↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑back out, ↑back away, ↑crawfish, ↑crawfish out, ↑pull in one's horns, ↑withdraw
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s PP

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pull away [phrasal verb]
: to begin to move farther ahead in a race, competition, contest, etc.

They pulled away in the second half and won the game easily.

— often + from

In the final lap, he pulled away from the other cars and won.

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Main Entry: ↑pull

Useful english dictionary. 2012.