pull back : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pull back	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pull back v pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) Synonym(s): retract, pull back, draw back move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!" stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows" Synonym(s): pull back, draw 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" Synonym(s): retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw