withdraw **
retreat **
pull away *
draw back
recede *
pull back *
retire ***
move back *

He might have killed her if she had not pulled away.

Will pulled away at the sound of his mother's voice.

When he pulled away she did not run after him or even think something was wrong.

The boy pulled away and looked her full in the eyes.

A long time later, she pulled away and looked again into his face.

Finally I got him out and the car pulled away.

Far too soon for both of them he pulled away.

He was talking into a phone as they pulled away.

Then I pulled away and got out of the car.

When she pulled away he held her in front of him.