pull away
(VEHICLE) — phrasal verb with pull /pʊl/ verbDefinition
› If a vehicle pulls away, it starts moving: There was a roar and a cloud of smoke as the car pulled away from the traffic lights.DepartingDriving and operating road vehicles
(Definition of pull away (VEHICLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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