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Draw away

verb

Move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race.

Remove by drawing or pulling. Synonyms: draw off, pull off. "Draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

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"Draw away" Quotes from Famous Books

... bit in the world," Arnold answered, still holding the hand which she seemed to have forgotten to draw away, and smiling down into her upturned face. "I was awfully sorry to overhear but you see I couldn't very well help it, ...

— The Lighted Way • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... not draw away from him. There was no room for fear in her heart just then. It held only hatred—a fierce, consuming flame—that enabled her to face him as she ...

— The Way of an Eagle • Ethel M. Dell

... care of Misses Everett and Carruth on their arrival in Syria, and substantial progress was made towards self-support, but less than would have been but for the French, English, and German schools, which tended to draw away the girls, and the families they represented, from ...

— History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. • Rufus Anderson

... within her that was beyond her conscious control was appealing to him for protection. He threw an arm about her, and thus they crossed the field. She did not draw away from him. It is doubtful that she realized that his arm was there, so engrossed was she in the mystery of the ...

— Thuvia, Maid of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... 'Ah! you draw away from me now,' she said, with a sneer; 'but what are you, so pure and virtuous, doing on the streets at this hour? Go home in time, child, or you ...

— Madame Midas • Fergus Hume

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