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pull back

VERB
  1. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
    The archers were drawing their bows
  2. pull back or move away or backward
    The enemy withdrew
    The limo pulled away from the curb
  3. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    He backed out of his earlier promise
    The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
    We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  4. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
  5. move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
    Pull back your arms!
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How To Use pull back In A Sentence

  • They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city.
  • How do you pull back from this? The Sun
  • Then I switch hands again, pull back ever so briefly and then launch myself forwards, pushing him back into the floor as we swap positions.
  • It would take too long to even take the time to pull back the receiver and slot a single bullet in to shoot his brains out with.
  • While the new protests are welcome, at this point the only thing that will pull back the throttle is a White House intervention. Government vs. EPA
  • Continued aftershocks following the 9.0-magnitude megaquake on March 11 have impeded work in stabilizing the Fukushima plant — the latest a 6.3-magnitude one Tuesday that prompted plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, to temporarily pull back workers. Japan regulators raise severity of nuclear accident
  • Ironically, the luxury SUV looks pretty darned good when viewed that closely, but when I pull back for the macro view I find some annoying flaws and noteworthy virtues.
  • Banks might have to raise fresh capital or pull back from trading, the ratings agency said, and some could face downgrades. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now and then a car would blaze in the rearview mirror and William would pull back into the crawler lane until it had passed. THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • One of the surprising things I discovered is if you pull back with me on those mats of epiphytes what you'll find underneath them are connections, networks of what we call canopy roots. Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy
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