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pull back



pull back - verb

  • pull back or move away or backward
  • use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
  • move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
  • stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
  • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

pull back - thesaurus

crawfish   draw   recede   retire   retract   retreat   withdraw  

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