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