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Meanings of draw away in English

Remove by drawing or pulling.

Synonyms
Examples for "draw off"
Examples for "draw off"
1
When nearly cold, take out the ham and draw off the skin.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
2
The girl took a chair and began to draw off her gloves.
The Paying Guest
3
We've got to draw off the bull with a red rag somehow.
The World for Sale, Volume 2.
4
And a well-aimed blow from my umbrella made him draw off growling.
Uncle Max
5
If you should succeed, it will draw off Chunda Sahib from Trichinopoli.
With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
1
Parents these days are expected to pull off a financial Mission: Impossible.
Reuters
2
But could the Spirit pull off that crowd 12 times a year?
The Guardian
3
Future lessons So could Sweden pull off anything like Dagen H today?
BBC
4
For all that, the picture can't quite pull off its ambitious challenge.
The Irish Times
5
It's not 'you pull off those Barbie books.' Trust me on this.
The Storyteller
Usage of draw away in English
1
In this case, the stronger draught will draw away from the weaker.
American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
2
Then Leia began to draw away, her thoughts and feelings a turmoil.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
3
His hand tightened on her arm and she did not draw away.
The Dark Forest
4
His new companions did not draw away his affections from his sister.
The Pilgrims of New England / A Tale of the Early American Settl...
5
Unprotesting, he let them draw away his sled of blubber and tusks.
The Eternal Maiden
6
There was something about him that made Constance almost draw away involuntarily.
Constance Dunlap
7
It took every ounce of willpower Kaitlan had not to draw away.
Dark pursuit
8
Gloria wondered why she did not draw away, but stood still instead.
Gloria and Treeless Street
9
She would not look at him, but she did not draw away.
The Runaway Skyscraper
10
To do this she had to draw away her hand from Nigel's.
Bella Donna: A Novel
11
Smiling a little, Durven watched it draw away from the curving quay.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
12
His fingers dug into her back when she tried to draw away.
Public secrets
13
Fred tried to draw away, but Storch's insinuating clutch was too firm.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
14
She felt him draw away, as the pressure on her hand let up.
Dangerous Women
15
The riots are a blind to draw away the police and the troops.
The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory, U.S....
16
I had to draw away and think of her, wherever she had gone.
Helen of troy
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Draw away through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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