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drew away

drew away is the simple past of draw away.

Meaning of draw 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

Questions about drew away

What is drew away the simple past of?
Drew away is the simple past of draw away.

Words near drew away in the dictionary

  1. drew a straight furrow
  2. drew a veil over
  3. drew ahead
  4. drew and quartered
  5. drew attention
  6. drew away
  7. drew back
  8. drew blood
  9. drew breath
  10. drew bridle
  11. Drew County

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