Word info

glance away

Verb

Meaning

glance away (third-person singular simple present glances away, present participle glancing away, simple past and past participle glanced away)

(intransitive) To look at something else briefly, then look back again.
When I told him the truth, he glanced away, and then replied...

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Magnus raised his head and looked up and over at Alec; it was a look that made Clary flush and glance away. There was so much love in it, mixed with exasperation and pride and despair. It was an unguarded look, and it felt wrong to see it. Cassandra Clare

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