"draw away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: draws away [present, singular, third-person], drawing away [participle, present], drew away [past], drawn away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|draw<,,drew,drawn> away}} draw away (third-person singular simple present draws away, present participle drawing away, simple past drew away, past participle drawn away)
  1. (intransitive) To move away. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-draw_away-en-verb-OV8vm2J~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 46 54
  2. (transitive) To lead away, or cause to move away, by luring. Tags: transitive Translations (to lead away by luring): fortiri (Esperanto), fortēon (Old English)
    Sense id: en-draw_away-en-verb-fd9c3s-t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to lead away by luring': 23 77

Inflected forms

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