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DRAW AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does draw away mean? 

DRAW AWAY (verb)
  The verb DRAW AWAY has 2 senses:

1. move ahead of (one's competitors) in a raceplay

2. remove by drawing or pullingplay

  Familiarity information: DRAW AWAY used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DRAW AWAY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "draw away" is one way to...):

head; lead (travel in front of; go in advance of others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove by drawing or pulling

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw away; draw off; pull off

Context example:

draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese

Hypernyms (to "draw away" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

pick off; pluck; pull off; tweak (pull or pull out sharply)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


By the Virgin! when he learns that you have come to draw away these rascals he will be very blithe to look upon your face.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She tried to draw away her hand, but as if he guessed the thought that prompted the half-involuntary impulse, Laurie held it fast, and said, with a manly gravity she had never seen in him before...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The vessels were indeed so far apart now that the Genoese could use the full sweep of their oars, and draw away rapidly from the cog.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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