pulling away

verb

Definition of pulling awaynext
present participle of pull away
as in detaching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulling away
  1. disengaging
  2. disentangling
  3. fleeing
  4. shrinking
Verb
  • And who can blame fans for disengaging when the Blackhawks are doing so very little to engage them?
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Great Detachment refers to the increasing number of younger workers who are mentally and emotionally disengaging from their jobs.
    Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of disengaging
Verb
  • Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI’s intelligence-gathering operations — now a core function of the bureau’s mandate — from the rest of its operations.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • For conditions like obesity, neurodegenerative disease (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and some psychiatric diseases (like depression), disentangling cause from effect is more challenging.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of disentangling
Verb
  • Sunday when the suspect approached the victim and intentionally set her on fire before fleeing the scene, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a briefing.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, the suspect can be seen allegedly fleeing from authorities by cutting through a gas station before continuing down a road.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • Mature markets like California, Colorado, and Oregon are shrinking in sales and tax revenue.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pool of available CPAs has been shrinking as Baby Boomers and some Gen Xers retire.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shrinking
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pulling away

pulling down

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