People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.
“I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.”
“Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx.”