draw away

draw away idiom
  1. Pull off or back, as in He drew his chair away from the fire.
  2. Move ahead of competitors, as in On the last lap Jim drew away from the other runners.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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