draw back

VERB
  1. pull back or move away or backward
    The enemy withdrew
    The limo pulled away from the curb
  2. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

How To Use draw back In A Sentence

  • Why do you not draw back your garment's hem?" she was fain to cry out, all in that flashing, dazzling second. THE SCORN OF WOMEN
  • The only draw back on that evening was the blustering wind, which with the seven pound mainline I was using, made the almost weightless end tackle difficult to cast more than about fifteen yards.
  • If we are tempted to draw back from this task and seek an easier way, we are not alone. Christianity Today
  • But he's ruthless and relentless, and you always think that there might be a point in a Hollywood movie that he will draw back.
  • Under his reign his atempts to withdraw back to only francistown and maun were blocked by the congress but his seclusionist efforts weren't suported by the general populace and in the 2003 elections he was replaced by Ian Mmusi (Peter Mmusi's disinherited son) of the Botswana National Front that advecated expansionist polices. Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Shallows webbed with gold ripple, then draw back to expose crinkles tender as the lines a bedsheet etches on skin.
  • Now it's time to draw back the curtains, open the windows, and get on with it.
  • Yet never did it ring more loudly than that night, as I watched her draw back the blanket of moss from the coals, blow up the fire, and cook the evening meal. Chapter 30
  • Their only draw back is their bare legs so I use the woody-stemmed canes of the roses as living supports for loose-limbed, delicate vines such as clematis, love-in-a puff, honeysuckle and sweet peas. Suzy Bales: Roses as Climbers, Ramblers and Scramblers
  • Draw back the curtains and drapes and give all those windows a good clean both inside and out.
View all