drawing away
Pulling gradually apart
Drawing away describes increasing distance or separation from something.
In competition, a team or athlete draws away when they extend their lead: By the third lap, she was drawing away from the pack.
The phrase also captures physical or emotional separation: He felt her drawing away from him over those final months.
- distancingCreating space or separation
- alienationState of being isolated
- drifting apartGradual loss of closeness
- extractionAct of removing
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
disengagement · stepping back · estrangement · digression · pulling · detachment · ebbing · repositioning · deflection · separation · losing touch · regrouping · retreat · backing off · fallback · redeployment · disassociation · isolation
drawing awayapproaching
Coming toward something
advancing · nearing · closing in · converging · pulling in
drawing awayclosing the gap
Reducing separation or difference
catching up · gaining ground · reeling in · closing in · falling back
drawing awaybonding
Forming close connections
connecting · opening up · reaching out · warming up · coming together
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