'pull back' definitions:
Definition of 'pull back'
(from WordNet)
verb
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress]
verb
Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) [syn: retract, pull back, draw back]
verb
Move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
verb
Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows" [syn: pull back, draw]
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" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]
Synonyms of 'pull back'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about the bush,
- abrupt,
- alienate,
- avoid,
- back down,
- back out,
- backslide,
- balance,
- beat a retreat,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- blench,
- blink,
- boggle,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cock,
- cringe,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- debate,
- delete,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- depart,
- disarticulate,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dodge,
- draw back,
- draw in,
- draw off,
- duck,
- eject,
- equivocate,
- estrange,
- evade,
- expel,
- fade,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- falter,
- fear,
- fence,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- get behind,
- give ground,
- give place,
- go back,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- isolate,
- jerk back,
- jib,
- lapse,
- leave,
- lose ground,
- make bones about,
- move back,
- parry,
- part,
- pause,
- ponder,
- pull away,
- pull in,
- pull out,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quail,
- recede,
- recidivate,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- regress,
- relapse,
- retire,
- retract,
- retreat,
- retrocede,
- retroflex,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- return,
- revert,
- run back,
- scruple,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shut off,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- slip back,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- stand back,
- start aside,
- start back,
- step aside,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- subtract,
- swerve,
- think twice about,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- turn aside,
- uncouple,
- unyoke,
- ward off,
- waver,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- yield