PULL AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull away mean? 

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

1. pull back or move away or backward

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull back or move away or backward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw

Context example:

The limo pulled away from the curb

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

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

back away; back out; crawfish; crawfish out; pull back; pull in one's horns; retreat; withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull away"):

fall back (move back and away from)

retreat; retrograde (move back)

back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The point is, your mind is hungry for stimulation this month—pull away from the same old routine to enjoy new concepts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you have periodontitis, the gums pull away from the teeth and form pockets that become infected.

(Gum Disease, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

The gums can start to pull away from the teeth, creating open pockets that then become infected.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

You will be able to pull away from your desk in April, but only a little in March.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)