pull away

verb

pulled away; pulling away; pulls away

intransitive verb

1
: to draw oneself back or away : withdraw
2
: to move off or ahead

Examples of pull away in a Sentence

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The Stars scored twice in the span of 4:25 late in the third to pull away, snapping the Jackets’ three-game winning streak. Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025 Los Alamitos pulls away at the end against Corona del Mar to stay unbeaten in league and win its third straight league championship. Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025 The United Airlines flight carrying Bass back to Los Angeles pulled away from the gate at Washington Dulles International Airport. Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 And while Clay may face a battle to expand its use cases within a larger organization, companies that start shaving several percentage points off of their operating expenses will be difficult to pull away from Clay, said Meritech’s Alex Kurland, who led the new funding round. Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pull away 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pull away was circa 1934

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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20away. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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