Dic: pull away

• I stood in the driveway and watched him back out and pull away.
• The horse pulled away and took the lead in the race.

1. PHRASAL VERB | When a vehicle or driver pulls away, the vehicle starts moving forward.
2. To move ahead.

Cf. pull away from:

• Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away.
• He'd pulled away from her as if she had leprosy.
• The limousine pulled away from the curb.

1. PHRASAL VERB | If you pull away from someone that you have had close links with, you deliberately become less close to them.
2. To move away or backward; withdraw.

... Cobuild, The American Heritage