Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Pull away   /pʊl əwˈeɪ/   Listen
Pull away

verb
1.
Pull back or move away or backward.  Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw.  "The limo pulled away from the curb"






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Pull away" Quotes from Famous Books



... give the order with half the pleasure with which I shall execute it; pull away, boys—the Ariel shall never lay her bones in such a hard bed, ...
— The Pilot • J. Fenimore Cooper

... Constitution had merely said that we "had better" hang together, not that we "must." But with the years had come a feeling that the Nation's life was unsafe if any State should pull away. ...
— Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) • Elbert Hubbard

... the steel, razor-sharp, touched my palms, and I felt blood run down my hand before the pain. With an effort that turned my face white, I did not pull away from the ...
— The Door Through Space • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... is your offspring, as the preacher says, are they, Chester? I knowed you'd have a lot of 'em when I recommended the match. Here's the suckin' kid; let Uncle Byle heft him once. Gosh, baby, you want to grab uncle's nose, do you? Well, then, pull away till the cows come home. What's ...
— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

... not be suffered to starve before work can be provided for them, or they be taught to do it. One Christian virtue does not destroy that which lies beneath it, but rises to its true height by standing upon it. We do not pull away the base of a structure because we wish its ...
— The Elements of Character • Mary G. Chandler


More quotes...



Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org