PULL AWAY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pull away

verb

Definition of pull away

as in to detach

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Recent Examples of pull away Clark finished with 17 points and seven assists while helping the Fever pull away in the second half for a convincing 20-point victory. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Still, France’s main man is undoubtedly their captain Mbappe, who will surely be desperate to play here in order to pull away in the Golden Boot race. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Josh Bell homered in consecutive at-bats and the Minnesota Twins hit six homers in a game for the first time in nearly three years to pull away for an 11-4 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Saturday. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 The Sox received strong pitching from starter Sean Burke and relievers Chris Murphy, Grant Taylor and Brandon Eisert, while the offense came up big down the stretch to pull away in the opener of the three-game series. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pull away

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Verb

His upper arm bone was detached from the joint, and the sphere-like top of his upper arm bone (humeral head) was completely gone.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
In the past several years, several Kansas City suburbs have detached — and pulled their annual financial contributions — from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, the region’s transit system.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of detach

Verb

Kiffin cited other concerns, ranging from backups disengaging if more close games provide fewer on-field opportunities to the long-term wear and tear on players’ bodies.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Despite that, Abdi said organizers are urging voters discouraged by the shooting and the Senate race not to disengage entirely.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of disengage

Verb

One of those people fled and was still unaccounted for, officials said.

— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 July 2026
Durham has collected descriptions of the HEART calls, showing that nonpolice responders in Durham have helped with everything from finding housing for a woman fleeing domestic violence to setting up medical appointments for a homeless veteran.

— Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility attempts something at once more traditional and more ambitious, exploring how a young woman tries to disentangle herself from the oil industry’s poisonous tendrils.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
The unique shape of these events meant that signals from wakes could be more easily disentangled from surrounding noise.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of disentangle

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The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
But this didn’t last long with the flying McLarens behind him.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of fly

Verb

But the reserves are shrinking as state lawmakers cut taxes and increase spending.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
If the logic is that those who lived through those days won’t need any explanation, the flaw is that four decades on, the ratio of people who clearly remember Lockerbie to those who don’t is only shrinking.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of shrink

Verb

According to the Office for National Statistics, 79% of adults in Great Britain reported in April an increase in their cost of living, despite a climb down in inflation to a current level of 3%.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 17 July 2026
One officer moved Nikolau over so her soon-to-be husband, Beerkus, could climb down.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of climb down

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