- draw away
- intransitive verb Date: 1670 to move ahead (as of an opponent in a race)
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draw away
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draw away — index divert Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
draw away — verb 1. move ahead of (one s competitors) in a race • Hypernyms: ↑lead, ↑head • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. remove by drawing or pulling She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth draw away the cloth that is covering … Useful english dictionary
draw away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms draw away : present tense I/you/we/they draw away he/she/it draws away present participle drawing away past tense drew away past participle drawn away to move away from a person or place People started… … English dictionary
draw away — v. (D; intr.) to draw away from ( to increase the distance from ) (the leader drew away from the pack) * * * [ drɔːə weɪ] (D; intr.) to draw away from (the leader drew away from the pack; to increase the distance from ) … Combinatory dictionary
draw away — verb To move away. She looked at me and then turned and glanced at my arm about her, and then she seemed quite suddenly to realize the scantiness of her apparel and drew away, covering her face with her palms and blushing furiously … Wiktionary
draw away — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pull away, gain on, increase a lead; see advance 1 , leave 1 , remove 1 … English dictionary for students
draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… … English World dictionary
Draw — Draw, v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. [1913 Webster] Note: A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
draw — drawable, adj. /draw/, v., drew, drawn, drawing, n. v.t. 1. to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often fol. by along, away, in, out, or off). 2 … Universalium
draw — draw1 [ drɔ ] (past tense drew [ dru ] ; past participle drawn [ drɔn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create picture ▸ 2 move slowly/smoothly ▸ 3 pull something ▸ 4 get information from ▸ 5 choose someone/something ▸ 6 compare two things ▸ 7 get particular… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
