pull away

/pʊl əˌweɪ/

/pʊl əˈweɪ/

Other forms: pulled away; pulls away

Definitions of pull away

1. verb

   pull back or move away or backward
   “The limo pulled away from the curb”

   synonyms: draw back, move back, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

   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

   types:

   fall back

   move back and away from

   retreat, retrograde

   move back

   back down, back off, back up

   move backwards from a certain position

   ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out

   flow back or recede

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically