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Phrase(s): draw something apart
to pull something, such as curtains or drapes, open or apart. • She drew the curtains apart and looked out the window. • She drew apart the curtains a little bit., Phrase(s): draw apart (from someone or something) [and] draw away (from someone or something)
to pull back or away from someone or something. • Don’t draw apart from the rest of us. • Please don’t draw away from me. I won’t bite. • She drew away slowly and left the room.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs