moving away, pushing away, driving away
Él es tan tenso para coquetear que termina alejando a las mujeres.
He's so tense when it comes to flirting that he ends up pushing women away.
The boat is drifting away!
— Primavera, verano, otoño, invierno... y otra vez primavera (2003)
Y se está alejando cada vez más.
And it's getting further and further away.
— Érase una vez en el Oeste (1968)