pulling away

verb

Definition of pulling awaynext
present participle of pull away
as in detaching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulling away
  1. disengaging
  2. disentangling
  3. fleeing
  4. shrinking
Verb
  • On one side, employees are disengaging without leaving—doing just enough to meet expectations but withholding full commitment.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of disengaging
Verb
  • Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI’s intelligence-gathering operations — now a core function of the bureau’s mandate — from the rest of its operations.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • For conditions like obesity, neurodegenerative disease (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and some psychiatric diseases (like depression), disentangling cause from effect is more challenging.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of disentangling
Verb
  • In May, eight soldiers were sentenced to death for fleeing the battlefield, and in July, 25 soldiers were convicted of similar offenses.
    Jean-Yves Kamale and Wilson Mcmakin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After a clerk refused to give her money, the woman attempted to break into the cash register before fleeing in a black SUV displaying out-of-state license plates, police said.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • Mature markets like California, Colorado, and Oregon are shrinking in sales and tax revenue.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pool of available CPAs has been shrinking as Baby Boomers and some Gen Xers retire.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shrinking
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pulling away

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