pull away

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pull away

verb pulls away · pulling away · pulled away

idiomatic To move ahead. Schumacher is beginning to pull away from the rest of the racers.
transitive To move oneself further from a target, either literally or figuratively She pulled away from me when I approached her.

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verb to move ahead

Русский	отрыва́ться otryvátʹsja, оторва́ться otorvátʹsja, отдаля́ться otdaljátʹsja, отдали́ться otdalítʹsja

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@misc{pull_away_2026,
  title = {pull away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}