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 But Virginia Tech answered with two consecutive scoring drives spanning the third and fourth quarters to pull away. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Miami put together two long touchdown drives to pull away in their 41-13 road win over the Tigers. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 Hudson said that broader regional competition helps explain why Washington has struggled to force Sudan’s outside backers to pull away. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Cornbread is done when the edges start to pull away from the pan, the top is lightly browned, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean (though a few crumbs are okay). — Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pull away

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Verb

Initial laboratory testing identified three designs capable of binding to IgE and 20 that could detach it from immune cells.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has warned that AI stocks have become detached from financial fundamentals, pushing markets to precarious highs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of detach

Verb

With the Chiefs in zone coverage, Felix Anudike-Uzomah’s blocker disengaged, allowing the defensive end a free run at Sam Darnold.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
During a flight from Moscow to Hong Kong in March, 1994, the pilot allowed his teen-age son to sit at the controls of the plane, and the boy unknowingly disengaged the autopilot.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of disengage

Verb

Jaros and Rauh calculate that the state will lose money so long as 24 percent of the tax base flees, a condition that’s already been met.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
His remarks escalated a confrontation over New York’s efforts to disentangle local police from federal immigration enforcement.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of disentangle

Verb

Claude Fable 5 had produced a counterexample to the conjecture, much like how an ostrich is a counterexample to the conjecture that all birds can fly.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Jimmy Louis, 70, who was flying with his two children, last flew to Haiti two years ago.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of fly

Verb

But the Chicago Board of Education oversees a $10 billion budget, larger than many big cities, along with aging buildings, ballooning debt and shrinking enrollment.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
An Egyptian court ordered the closure of one of Egypt’s last independent news outlets Tuesday after convicting its editor-in-chief of operating a website without a license in a major blow to the country's shrinking press freedom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrink

Verb

During the Wildcats' first attempt on the two-point conversion, a Kentucky player appeared to flinch, and while a flag was thrown, it was negated by a timeout called by the Wildcats.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
While Levi’s had been making a lot of noise about being a DTC-first retailer, in an interview with WWD, Gass emphasized the importance of a broad base and didn’t flinch away from what went wrong in DTC.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of flinch

Verb

Before Charley could climb down, the big deer stepped out of the brush 30 yards away, stood broadside, blew a couple of times, and ran back toward the river.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
After the vehicle came to rest, the rescue team helped twenty volunteers climb down and position themselves inside the bus.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of climb down

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