pull-back

(v) pull back or move away or backward
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
draw back, move back, pull away, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire,
(v) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) draw back, retract,
(v) move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
- Pull back your arms!
(v) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- The archers were drawing their bows
draw,
(v) 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
back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, withdraw,

draw back move back pull away recede retreat withdraw retire retract draw back away crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns back out

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