flow away

flow away

To move away from someone or something in a smooth, fluid manner, as of a liquid. At low tide, the sea flowed away.
See also: away, flow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flow away

to course or move away. The floodwaters flowed away as fast as they had come. All the spilled water flowed away.
See also: away, flow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drain away
  • are we away
  • Are we away?
  • draw away
  • draw away from (someone or something)
  • drag (someone or something) away from (something)
  • cringe
  • cringe away from
  • cringe away from (someone or something)
  • drag away
References in periodicals archive
This initially lowers the surface tension and gives a gradient that causes flow away from the edge, producing an offset bead.
ISTANBUL, Aug 23, 2010 (TUR) -- Turkish State Minister & chief negotiator for the EU talks Egemen Bagis said, "death toll and number of people who were left homeless in Pakistan will become clear after flood waters begin to flow away. Currently, it is estimated that flood disaster disrupted lives of more than 20 million Pakistani people."
During surgery a temporary passage was created to allow the blood to flow away.
to relent and melt and flow away the way that woman gazing at
They focus on the problems of heat transfer and wall heat flux partitioning during subcooled boiling flow at the heated wall, and two-phase flow and bubble behaviors in the bulk subcooled flow away from the heated wall.
With much lower impedance and resistance than conventional technology, superconducting cables can be strategically placed in the electric grid to draw flow away from overtaxed conventional cables or overhead lines, thereby relieving network congestion and providing a more environmentally friendly power solution than copper-based systems.
On flow away, check the 3 gap on your side for counter or cutback, then pursue.
Mr Kilby, an professor in maternal and foetal medicine, said: 'This procedure allows us to use shunts to divert the flow away from the blockage, which also reduces the risk of impaired lung development.
The design of the diverter directs material flow away from the leading edge of the flapper vane, and an access door allows replacement of the flapper vane or seal, if necessary, without the removal of the diverter.
These dividers are manufactured with an alumina (aluminum oxide) ceramic sandwich construction that offers exceptional thermal performance with good heat flow away from the resistor element, minimizing the temperature rise in the resistor due to power dissipation.
This causes resources to flow away from teacher quality and toward other, more productive uses within the education system.
Andrew Brockbank of the National Trust, said: ``We have made the ramp steady with improved drainage so that when it rains, water will flow away naturally.''
Mild stretching movements are used on the walls of the lymph collectors to redirect the flow away from the blocked areas into other vessels that drain the veins.
We must feel it and then let it flow away from us when it is possible.