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draw away

draw away verb: to move away.

Verb

draw away (third-person singular simple present draws away, present participle drawing away, simple past drew away, past participle drawn away)

  1. (intransitive) To move away.
    • 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.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
  2. (transitive) To lead away, or cause to move away, by luring.
    • 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd., page 53

Synonyms of draw away

Forms of draw away

third-person singular presentdraws away
present participledrawing away
pastdrew away
past participledrawn away

Questions about draw away

What does draw away mean?
Draw away means to move away.
What part of speech is draw away?
Draw away is a verb.
What is the past tense of draw away?
The past tense of draw away is drew away.

Words near draw away in the dictionary

  1. draw a wet sponge across the slate
  2. draw a wet sponge over the slate
  3. draw ahead
  4. draw and quarter
  5. draw attention
  6. draw away
  7. draw back
  8. draw blank
  9. draw blood
  10. draw breath
  11. draw bridge

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