LOOK AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does look away mean? 

• LOOK AWAY (verb)
  The verb LOOK AWAY has 1 sense:

1. avert one's gaze

  Familiarity information: LOOK AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOK AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avert one's gaze

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle

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

look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Of course, you will do that. I shall probably scream. I’ll look away when—

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I saw my mother look at me sometimes, and then glance at the watchful Miss Murdstone, and than look down, or look away.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Coming near the beach, I saw, not only the boatmen, but half the people of the town, lurking behind buildings; some, now and then braving the fury of the storm to look away to sea, and blown sheer out of their course in trying to get zigzag back.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)