draw away
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draw away
verb draws away · drawing away · drew away · drawn away
- 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.
- 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.
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Talk about this word "draw away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/draw%20away. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. draw away. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/draw%20away "draw away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/draw%20away.Cite this
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title = {draw away},
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