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
  • And who can blame fans for disengaging when the Blackhawks are doing so very little to engage them?
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Great Detachment refers to the increasing number of younger workers who are mentally and emotionally disengaging from their jobs.
    Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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
  • Since fighting broke out in April 2023, more than one million Sudanese refugees have crossed into Egypt, fleeing the war and dire humanitarian crisis.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As the victims lay injured, a black GMC pickup truck sped through the area, running over Hood and another person before crashing into the banquet hall and fleeing.
    Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • With his new deal, Abrams is no longer at the top of the shrinking ranks of writer-producers with nine-figure deals.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Some argue that a shrinking population is beneficial, being a marker of women's reproductive rights.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of shrinking
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pulling away

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