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Thesaurus: pull back

pull back or move away or backward

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Definitions

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