draw off

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toremoveby using asiphon.The butlerdrew offwine from a barrel.; (transitive,dated,slang)Todistract(someone).We need a diversion todrawthemoff.; (intransitive)Toretireorretreat.1838, Boz [pseudonym;Charles Dickens],Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London:Richard Bentley,[…],→OCLC:The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and theydrew off, stealthily, together.1966, Robert William Murphy,The Phantom Setter, and Other Stories, page102:One of the lynxes moved; itdrew offa little farther, as though deciding to abandon the fight.

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