Word

draw back, v.
freq. cnt. 8

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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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

verb group

back away, retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

fall back retrograde, retreat back off, back up, back down

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
<verb.contact>

draw back pull back retract

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym