I drive away from you

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HSH1985

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Is this sentence an idiom?
"I drive away from you" .
it means I quit you,I think.is it true?
 

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Is this sentence an idiom?
"I drive away from you" .
it means I quit you,I think.is it true?

It could be considered an idiom although I have never heard/read it. Where/when did you see/hear it?
 

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I heard it in a movie,
and I was cierious to know it is an idiom or is said because the person was in the car.
thank you
 

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It doesn't sound very natural to me.
 

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I heard it in a movie,
and I was cierious to know it is an idiom or is said because the person was in the car.
thank you

Well, since they were in a car, and they, I assume, actually drove away, it would be a safe bet to assume that the phrase is literal.
 
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