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pull back Definition

• (v) pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
• (v) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
• (v) move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
• (v) pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
• (v) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We''ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

pull back Synonyms

• back away
• back out
• crawfish
• crawfish out
• draw
• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• pull in one's horns
• recede
• retire
• retract
• retreat
• withdraw