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PULL AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pull back or move away or backward
Example:
The limo pulled away from the curb
Synonyms:
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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
