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Antonyms for draw away
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : draw |
Phonetic Transcription : drɔ |
- add to
- advance
- allow
- anger
- arrive
- attach
- be direct
- begin
- bore
- calm
- clarify
- clear up
- combine
- come
- come in
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- connect
- continue
- develop
- encourage
- engage
- enlarge
- enter
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- explain
- extend
- face
- grow
- help
- increase
- irritate
- join
- keep
- keep to
- laud
- maintain
- make happy
- make mad
- meet
- optimize
- overestimate
- overrate
- overvalue
- permit
- persevere
- praise
- raise
- remain
- soothe
- stay
- tire
- unite
- upgrade
- upset
- value
Definition of draw away
Origin :- c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
- Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in detract : verb take away a part; lessen
- As in distract : verb divert attention; confuse
- As in divert : verb take attention away
- But this time, instead of letting her draw away, he put out his arms and caught her to him.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Gloria wondered why she did not draw away, but stood still instead.
- Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- Now and then my shoulder touched hers, and she did not draw away.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- It came into his mind to draw away, but he could not, and he kissed her back.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Duvall looked at him sternly, then attempted to draw away his hand.
- Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
- I laid my hand on her arm and held it there, though she tried to draw away.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
- Closer and closer to his own face it drew, and he did not draw away.
- Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
- I plead with you do not draw away your skirts for fear of contamination.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- But still I think you ought to try to draw away your mind from it.'
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Literally to draw away from under, or in an underhanded way, as by stealth.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
Synonyms for draw away
- abjure
- absent oneself
- abstract
- addle
- agitate
- amuse
- attract attention
- back out
- backbite
- bail out
- befuddle
- beguile
- belittle
- bend the rules
- bewilder
- blister
- blow
- book
- bow out
- call away
- catch flies
- cheapen
- check out
- circumlocute
- confound
- cut rate
- decrease
- decry
- depart
- depreciate
- derange
- derogate
- detach
- deter
- detract
- devaluate
- diminish
- disadvise
- discompose
- disconcert
- discount
- discourage
- discredit
- disengage
- disesteem
- dissuade
- distract
- disturb
- divert
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- ease out
- eliminate
- engross
- entertain
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- fluster
- frenzy
- get around
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give ground
- give way
- go
- harass
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- knock
- laugh at
- lead astray
- lead away
- leave
- lower
- madden
- make oneself scarce
- minimize
- mislead
- misprize
- mix up
- occupy
- perplex
- phase out
- pull back
- pull out
- puzzle
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reduce
- retire
- retreat
- run along
- secede
- seclude oneself
- send on a wild-goose chase
- shrink
- sidetrack
- stall
- subtract from
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take leave
- take off
- take out
- throw off
- torment
- trouble
- turn aside
- unbalance
- underrate
- undervalue
- unhinge
- vacate
- vilipend
- withdraw
- write off
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