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
Godehard	-	Ancient Germanic
Gwendolyn	GWEN-də-lin (English)	Welsh, English
Inbal	-	Hebrew
Lois (1)	LO-is (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Barak (2)	-	Arabic
Kahurangi	-	Maori