Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move away.

    move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race

  2. (transitive)To lead away, or cause to move away, by luring.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I frowned and drew my hand away.

  2. Sami drew really far away from Christianity.

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  3. Ziri's attention was suddenly drawn away from Rima.

Forms

draws away, drawing away, drew away, drawn away
Base formdraw away · to draw away
3rd person singulardraws away
Present participledrawing away
Past simpledrew away
Past participledrawn away

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydraw away
he, she, itdraws away

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrew away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drawn away
he, she, ithas drawn away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill draw away

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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