pull away
Idioms-
Move away or withdraw, as in The car pulled away from the curb . [Mid-1900s]
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Move ahead or forward, as in His horse pulled away and took the lead .
Example Sentences
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Still, the Chargers have the better roster and should be able to pull away at home.
From Los Angeles Times
The Browns have cycled through quarterbacks and might hang around for a while, but the visitors will pull away down the stretch.
From Los Angeles Times
He was then fired from that next job in famously ignominious fashion: at LAX airport, at 3 a.m., while the team bus pulled away without him.
Training for the Kurdish guards at the facilities is inconsistent because they are pulled away often to deal with instability elsewhere, the inspector general reported.
“Around the two-mile mark, I started to pull away,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
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