draw apart

The tests are made by using a cubic inch of the metal and compressing it, and by trying to draw apart a square inch of metal.

They will have to draw apart some day and I am wondering if the time has not come to begin.

Two or three times we were compelled to stop and draw apart, because neither of us had strength left to use either claws or jaw.

Both were silent, holding each other's hands, and then with a slow, almost imperceptible movement they began to draw apart.

But the plea which seemed to give her the right to cling the closer made the man to draw apart.