PULL AWAY Synonyms

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• free or remove obstruction from

• become free

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• not held in servitude

• people who are free

• without restraint

• costing nothing

• not occupied or in use

• not fixed in position

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• completely wanting or lacking

• not literal

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• relieve from

• remove or force out from a position

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• make (information) available for publication

• free from obligations or duties

• free or remove obstruction from

• let off the hook

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• make loose or looser

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• cause to become loose

• make less dense

• become loose or looser or less tight

• something determined in relation to something that includes it

• something less than the whole of a human artifact

• a portion of a natural object

• that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation

• the extended spatial location of something

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

• the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

• an item that is an instance of some type

• to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

• go one's own way; move apart

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• depart for someplace

• move or break apart

• force, take, or pull apart

• a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• be nosey

• search or inquire in a meddlesome way

• make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• a process that liberates or discharges something

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of allowing a fluid to escape

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

• release, as from one's grip

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• eliminate (a substance)

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• make (information) available for publication

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• degree of figurative distance or separation

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• remove from a position or an office

• dispose of

• cause to leave

• shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

• stay away or leave

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• get rid of something abstract

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• release from a clasp

• cause to become undone

• become undone or untied

• undo the ties of

• cause to become loose

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• detect with the senses

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

• go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

• withdraw from active participation

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

• break from a meeting or gathering

• make (someone) retire

• dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

• lose interest

• cause to be out on a fielding play

• cause to get out

• prepare for sleep

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• pull back or move away or backward

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull back or move away or backward