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 This year, Windermere has been allowed to pull away from its independent schedule and add some high-caliber Orange County teams that are involved in traditional district play. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026 Progress becomes harder to sustain when a minority of companies, sectors, or regions pull away from the rest. — Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for pull away

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Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
The result is content that is fluent and consistent yet detached from the nuance that drives customer behavior.

— Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of detach

Verb

Leaders are disengaged too, say experts Gallup’s report also looks at how the experiences of leaders, managers, project managers and individual contributors differs at work.

— Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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

Definition of disengage

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As the flames approached the community in July, the majority of the village’s 3,500 residents were forced to flee their homes, as hundreds of firefighters were deployed to tackle blazes more violent and unpredictable than in previous years.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra and Rhaena flee on Syrax as Rhaena watches in horror as the other dragons bite and claw at her own.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of flee

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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 entrepreneur’s efforts secured him a place on the list of the Philippines’ 50 richest in a challenging year when a weaker peso took a toll on the total wealth of the country’s tycoons, which shrank 8% to $79 billion.

— Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The league will also shrink in some ways, including moving from 14 events per year to 10 – five team and five individual events that will take place all over the world.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of shrink

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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

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