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pull back

verb

1.

pull back or move away or backward

draw back move back pull away recede retire retreat withdraw

Derived from:

2.

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

draw back retract

3.

move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

See also:

4.

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

5.

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

give ground withcall back away back out crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns retreat withdraw