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draw off

verb — 3 senses

draw off

verb
1

Idiomatic To remove by using a siphon.

  • The butler drew off wine from a barrel.
2

Dated, Slang To distract (someone).

  • We need a diversion to draw them off.
3

To retire or retreat.

  • The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
  • One of the lynxes moved; it drew off a little farther, as though deciding to abandon the fight.1966, Robert William Murphy, The Phantom Setter, and Other Stories, page 102:

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