V2 |
draw, pull back | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | ||
V2 |
retract, pull back, draw back | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | ||
V1 |
back away, withdraw, retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | ||
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pullback, tieback | a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | ||
V2 |
pull back | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back | ||
V1, V2 |
retreat, withdraw, draw back, recede, move back, retire, pull back, pull away | pull back or move away or backward | ||
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pullback | [in military] the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) |