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