Balls is a man "running away from his past with no plan for the future".
She's working hard at keeping the conversation on my side of the table, away from her past and certainly her present.
In the future, though, he intends to look away from his past.
I've spent my whole life getting away from my past.
She is woman running towards success while running away from her past.
This world is moving away from its past at a rate never before seen.
Erwin is a man running away from and toward his past.
However, after killing his friend with a knife, he turned away from his dark past.
He left me a note saying he'd just walk away from his past in Vietnam.
"My goal is to recreate a dish without taking away from its past."