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Definition of Draw away

1. Verb. Move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race.

2. Verb. Remove by drawing or pulling. "Draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

Definition of Draw away

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To move away. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Away

drave dravida dravidian dravite draw draw-bridge draw-sheet draw-well draw a bath draw a bead on

draw a blank draw a line draw a line in the sand draw and quarter draw attention draw away (current term) draw back draw bridge draw close draw down

draw even draw in draw left draw level draw near draw off draw on draw one's last breath draw out draw play

Literary usage of Draw away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancren Riwle: A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life by James Morton (1853)
"Such thoughts, in carnal souls, often draw away carnal temptations sooner than some of the former. Inward, unintermitted, and fervent prayers soon obtain ..."

2. A Lexicon Abridged from Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, James Morris Whiton (1891)
"II. to draw/roan under. a. -to take away something of, c. gen. 3. to draw.away, seduce. III, Med. to take away/rom underhand, filch away, ..."

3. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: For the Use of Students by John R. Clark Hall (1894)
"1. to draw away, mislead, seduce. 2. to draw over, cover, obscure. ... wv. to draw away, mislead, allure, ..."

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