PULL BACK

• (verb) 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"

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

• (verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

  "The archers were drawing their bows"

  synonyms : draw

• (verb) move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

  "Pull back your arms!"

• (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

  synonyms : draw back , retract

• (verb) pull back or move away or backward

  "The enemy withdrew", "The limo pulled away from the curb"

  synonyms : draw back , move back , pull away , recede , retire , retreat , withdraw

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