glance away

glance away

1. To avert one's eyes very quickly, especially in a furtive, nervous, or secretive manner. I could tell by the way he kept glancing away that he was lying.
2. To deflect away after striking some surface at a shallow angle. He raised his shield, and the incoming arrows glanced away harmlessly into the bushes.
See also: away, glance
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • look away
  • look away (from someone or something)
  • spirit away
  • spirited
  • spirit off
  • sneak away
  • sneak away (from some place)
  • glance around
  • glance around (some thing or place)
  • glancing