pull away

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verb

pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 1)
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
• Syn:
withdraw, retreat, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Ant:
advance (for: recede)
• Derivationally related forms:
pullback (for: pull back), receding (for: recede), withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
fall back, retrograde, retreat, back up, back off, back down
• Verb Group:
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish,
crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP