| VERB | motion | draw away | move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race |
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| contact | draw away, draw off, pull off | remove by drawing or pulling |
| Meaning | Move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | lead, head | Travel in front of |
| Meaning | Remove by drawing or pulling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese" | |
| Synonyms | draw off, pull off | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off | Pull or pull out sharply |
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