win away

win someone away (from someone or something)

to convince someone to dissociate from someone or something. We were not able to win Christine away from her strange ideas. We tried to win her away but failed.
See also: away, win
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • conduct
  • conduct (someone or something) away
  • conduct 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)
  • deflect
References in classic literature
I foresaw that that light-complexioned girl would win away all the love from Corinne and make her miserable.
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That took their goals tally to 14 in the past three games - all away from home - and follows on from their massive win away at Hill Street.
University of Santo Tomas carried out a shock and awe-inducing victory over three-time defending champion La Salle, 25-14, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, Wednesday to move just a win away from the UAAP women's volleyball finals.
The top seeded Risers ripped the Supremos, 91-71, at home and is now a win away from booking a Final Four seat.
In the Premier Cup Group A goals from Nathan Tomlinson (3), Jamain Nelson and Danny Morris gave Greenhill YC a 5-0 win away at Falcons FC.
Meanwhile United's revival under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continued with an equally comfortable 3-0 win away to Fulham.
Fothergill and Whittles made it 11 straight wins to go top of Division 2 with a narrow 3-1 win away at Dalton Dynamos.
Meanwhile, at the top end of the Alliance, Birtley narrowed the gap on the leaders to just two points with a 2-0 win away to Shankhouse as Aaron McEwen and Damian Stevens scored whilst Seaton Delaval top scored with a 10-1 thrashing of hosts North Shields Athletic, Michael Baxter helping himself to six of them.
Birmingham & Solihull 80 Old Halesonians 5 ANOTHER clinical performance - this time against bottom of the table side Old Halesonians - means the Bees are now just one win away from securing automatic promotion from the Midlands Premier division to National Two.
NEWCASTLE University remain top of the Premier Division following yesterday's narrow 3-2 win away to Whitley Bay A, while title rivals Birtley and Delaval were clashing in the League Cup.
Replying to a question, Arthur said that every team is good at its soil but the key for Pakistan will be being able to win away from home.
Berlin: Kevin-Prince Boateng's superb late strike earned Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 Bundesliga win away to his former club Hertha Berlin on Sunday.
There are several big games at the bottom of the table, with Hull City 5/1 (Bet365) to win away to Southampton tomorrow.
Aintree Villa took a 4-0 win away at Sacre Coeur while Cafe D Art improved winning 2-1 at Whiston B.