Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To move ahead.

    Schumacher is beginning to pull away from the rest of the racers.

    отрыва́тьсяotryvátʹsja, оторва́тьсяotorvátʹsja, отдаля́тьсяotdaljátʹsja

    відрива́тисяvidryvátysja, відірва́тисяvidirvátysja

    pull back or move away or backward

  2. (transitive)To move oneself further from a target, either literally or figuratively

    She pulled away from me when I approached her.

    We used to be close, but Paul has been pulling away from me for years.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Tom waved as the car pulled away.

    ruТом помахал рукой, как только машина тронулась с места.

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  2. The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.

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  3. The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the pier.

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  4. The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the dock.

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  5. Tom arrived at the train station just as his train was pulling away from the platform.

    ruТом приехал на вокзал как раз в то время, когда его поезд трогался с платформы.

    deTom kam am Bahnhof an, gerade als sein Zug anfuhr.

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Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to move ahead:
Русский
By meaning 1
to move ahead:

Forms

pulls away, pulling away, pulled away, pulled away
Base formpull away · to pull away
3rd person singularpulls away
Present participlepulling away
Past simplepulled away
Past participlepulled away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypull away
he, she, itpulls away

Past simpleLesson

all personspulled away

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pull away

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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