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glance away

glance away verb: to look at something else briefly, then look back again.

Verb

glance away (third-person singular simple present glances away, present participle glancing away, simple past and past participle glanced away)

  1. (intransitive) To look at something else briefly, then look back again.
    • When I told him the truth, he glanced away, and then replied...

Forms of glance away

third-person singular presentglances away
present participleglancing away
past participleglanced away
pastglanced away

Questions about glance away

What does glance away mean?
Glance away means to look at something else briefly, then look back again.
What part of speech is glance away?
Glance away is a verb.
What is the past tense of glance away?
The past tense of glance away is glanced away.

Words near glance away in the dictionary

  1. Glanaman
  2. Glanamman
  3. glanc'd
  4. glanc't
  5. glance
  6. glance away
  7. glance coal
  8. glance coals
  9. glance off
  10. glance over
  11. glanceability

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