"glance away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: glances away [present, singular, third-person], glancing away [participle, present], glanced away [participle, past], glanced away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} glance away (third-person singular simple present glances away, present participle glancing away, simple past and past participle glanced away)
  1. (intransitive) To look at something else briefly, then look back again. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-glance_away-en-verb-nJIpPX0t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To look at something else briefly, then look back again."
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