glide away

glide away (from someone or something)

To move across a surface or area in a very smooth manner, similar to floating. The swans glided away from us as we got closer to the water's edge.
See also: away, glide, someone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

glide away (from someone or something)

to slide or float away from someone or something. The skaters glided away from the center of the rink. The canoes glided away from the judge who had started off the canoe race.
See also: away, glide
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • glide away (from someone or something)
  • glide
  • glide across
  • glide across (something)
  • flow across
  • flow across (something)
  • flow away from (someone or something)
  • flow away
  • drift away
  • smooth out
References in classic literature
But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight, Into a western couch of thunder-cloud; And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees Didst glide away. Only thine eyes remained; They would not go- they never yet have gone; Lighting my lonely pathway home that night, They have not left me (as my hopes have) since; They follow me- they lead me through the years.
The footpad hiding in a ditch had marked him passing like a ghost along its brink; the vagrant had met him on the dark high-road; the beggar had seen him pause upon the bridge to look down at the water, and then sweep on again; they who dealt in bodies with the surgeons could swear he slept in churchyards, and that they had beheld him glide away among the tombs on their approach.
"I don't care which of their visions comes true," Archer mused, "as long as the tunnel isn't built yet." In his senseless school-boy happiness he pictured Madame Olenska's descent from the train, his discovery of her a long way off, among the throngs of meaningless faces, her clinging to his arm as he guided her to the carriage, their slow approach to the wharf among slipping horses, laden carts, vociferating teamsters, and then the startling quiet of the ferry-boat, where they would sit side by side under the snow, in the motionless carriage, while the earth seemed to glide away under them, rolling to the other side of the sun.
Arguments against extending the wheels include the fact that lowering the gear after turning final guarantees that the airplane's downwind glide away from the runway is more efficient than the final-approach glide back to it.
It did and we watched it glide away into the sawgrass.
The easiest way to start your race is to draw a circle and put all your snails in the middle of the circle, then as they glide away, the first one to reach the edge of the circle is the winner.
"He likes to glide away from you and then before you know it he is in the box.
By now, we're used to seeing Mariota glide away from rushers and make exceptional plays look routine.
They led by a point, 1-8 to 0-10, the break but, much like last dis Ka the sei Mc Ste O'CT at year's Dublin-Kerry semi-final, there was a sense Dublin would enter turbo mode at some stage and glide away from Donegal.
After an eternal minute, she watched the helicopter slowly glide away.
It's funny how when you're all buckled into a heavy red- and- white striped paraglider, waiting to run off the edge of that cliff, you're humbled by the fact that two frail strips of ribbons, tied onto a stick that barely reaches your ankles, are going to decide when you're going to jump off that cliff and glide away till the wind allows you to land down in Naukuchiatal.
His speed, skill and ability to spin and glide away from tackles set him apart from most.
Watching the buck glide away, I smiled inside as I realized how a guy could get lost in some deep thinking on a warm morning spent in a treestand.
On Wednesday, the 150kg turtle was released, to glide away through Gulf waters, after more than eight months of rehabilitation.
Crosby Beach crowds watch the fleet Picture: GAVIN TRAFFORD/ gav210708atallships-2; An aircraft display added to the excitement Picture: MARTIN BIRCHALL/ mb220708tallshipleave-18; From left, The Roald Amundsen, Dar Mlodziezy and the Asgard II set off Picture: JASON ROBERTS/ jr210708tallships-3; Two of the Tall Ships glide away from Liverpool, under the watchful eye of a well-positioned Liver Bird; A brave sailor on the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Picture: TRACEY O'NEILL/ to210708ship-20; The Royalist parades past Wallasey Town Hall Picture: PAUL HEAPS/ ph210708dtallships-21