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pull back - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
pull back
Definition
(verb) pull back or move away or backward
Synonyms
:
draw back
,
move back
,
pull away
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
withdraw
Example Sentence
The enemy withdrew
The limo pulled away from the curb
Definition
(verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Synonyms
:
draw back
,
retract
Definition
(verb) move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
Example Sentence
Pull back your arms!
Definition
(verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Synonyms
:
draw
Example Sentence
The archers were drawing their bows
Definition
(verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Synonyms
:
back away
,
back out
,
crawfish
,
crawfish out
,
pull in one's horns
,
retreat
,
withdraw
Example Sentence
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
Word used in video below:
text: "they pull me back in."
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