pull back, v.
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pull back or move away or backward
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draw back move back pull away pull back recede retire retreat withdraw
sample sentences
"The enemy withdrew""The limo pulled away from the curb"
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hypernym
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make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
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back away back out crawfish crawfish out pull back pull in one's horns retreat withdraw
sample sentences
"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"
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stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
<verb.contact>
draw pull back
sample sentences
"The archers were drawing their bows"verb frames
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move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
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pull back
sample sentences
"Pull back your arms!"verb frames
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use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
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draw back pull back retract