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draw away

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We had just enough of a start, though, and our mounts were just good enough and fresh enough to gradually draw away from them.

The stronger the impulse grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she draw away from him.

Presently she was conscious that he was trying to do so, that he was gently trying to draw away the concealing hands.

I was near enough to feel her tremble––to see her red lips draw away, in stern conviction, from her white little teeth.

In that loneliness she wondered if there were not those other people—people who could "hear" and not draw away.

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On this page you'll find 201 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to draw away, such as: backbite, belittle, blister, cheapen, decrease, and decry.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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