eng: pull back

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