yank away

yank someone or something away (from someone or something)

to jerk someone or something away from someone or something. He yanked his hand away from the fire. Please yank away that rug from the fire before it gets burned.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mikaela	MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Dilwen	-	Welsh
Radoslava	rah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Armstrong	['a:mstrɔŋ]
Sherif	-	Arabic
Elkanah	el-KAYN-ə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew