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pull back

verb

1 pull back

Pull back or move away or backward.

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

Dutch: afhalen, terugnemen, terugtrekken

2 pull back

Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).

synonyms: draw back, retract.

3 pull back

Move to a rearward position; pull towards the back.

4 pull back

Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).

synonym: draw.

5 pull back

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.

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

Dutch: intrekken, terugnemen


Moby thesaurus: about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avoid, back down, back out, backslide, balance, beat a retreat, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, boggle, cast off, cast out, cock, cringe, cut adrift, cut off ... show more.

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