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Meanings of spring away in English

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Usage of spring away in English
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He tensed and prepared to spring away if she moved toward him.
Dark rivers of the heart
2
They pricked up their ears at his approach, but didn't spring away.
The Bone Doll's Twin
3
She was obliged to spring away to escape being caught in the wreck.
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways
4
Setting spurs to his steed, he caused it to spring away.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
5
I spring away, startled, still half in the arena, I guess.
The Hunger Games
6
A single warrior would creep up, fire a shot, and then spring away.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
7
The blow disabled him for a moment, allowing puss to spring away from him.
A Little Florida Lady
8
How could he spring away with his four legs in the air above him?
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
9
He did not move, sensing that she was ready to spring away at any provocation.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
10
Then he sought to spring away, but Dick, although staggered, swung heavily and struck Woodville on the forehead.
The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis
11
Gertie was lying on the wood landing at the bottom of the stairs, paws out, ready to spring away.
The strain
12
It was like trying to direct the movements of a cat; you felt it could spring away at any moment.
Running with the Demon
13
Stepping outside the car, it would have been easy for us to spring away from it and leave it forever.
Edison's Conquest of Mars
14
The fox had not been quick enough to spring away, and had thus been caught by part of his foot.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
15
The one hand, wearied out, gave way, and Mr. Rassendyll had no more than time to spring away, holding his prize.
Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Se...
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At its faint tinkle he paled, and crouched as a rabbit makes ready to spring away at the sound of a hunting-dog.
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