pull away
verb
pulled away; pulling away; pulls away
intransitive verb
1
: to draw oneself back or away : withdraw
2
: to move off or ahead
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1
pulls away
verb
as in disengages
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- disengages
- detaches
- flees
- flies
- disentangles
- pulls out
- climbs down
- recoils
- falls back
- shrinks
- flinches
- bows out
- backs down
- drops back
- backs away
- leaves
- chickens (out)
- abandons
- departs
- backtracks
- backpedals
- evacuates
- retreats
- withdraws
- vacates
- retires
- recedes
- quits
- goes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- breasts
- faces
- confronts
- defies
- dares
- brazens
- outbraves
- advances
- braves
- beards
- mountain fetterbush
- mountain finch
- mountain flax
- mountain flower
- mountain fly honeysuckle
- mountain fringe
- mountain geranium
- mountain glacier
- mountain goat
- mountain gorilla
- mountain grape
- mountain green
- conference calls
- conferenced
- conferences
- conferencier
- conferencing
- conferencings
- conferential
- conferest
- conferment
- conferments
- conferrable
- conferral
- conferrals