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pull back

DEFINITIONS OF: pull back

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v pull back or move away or backward

Synonyms:
draw back, move back, pull away, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Antonyms:
advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Types:
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fall back
move back and away from
retreat, retrograde
move back
back down, back off, back up
move backwards from a certain position
ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out
flow back or recede
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

“Pull back your arms!”
Synonyms
draw
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Type of:
draw, force, pull
cause to move by pulling

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

Synonyms:
draw
Type of:
stretch
pull in opposite directions

v make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Synonyms:
back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw
draw back, move back, pull away, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
pull back or move away or backward

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

Synonyms:
draw back, retract
Type of:
pull
apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
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