DICTOMETER

PULL BACK

(pull back)

1. Synonyms:
   • Pullback
   • Tieback
   Definitions:
   • a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
   Examples:
   • The draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Pullback
   Definitions:
   • (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
   Examples:
   • The pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Withdraw
   • Retreat
   • Pull away
   • Draw back
   • Recede
   • Pull back
   • Retire
   • Move back
   Definitions:
   • pull back or move away or backward
   Examples:
   • The enemy withdrew
   • The limo pulled away from the curb
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Retract
   • Pull back
   • Draw back
   Definitions:
   • use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Pull back
   Definitions:
   • move to a rearward position
   • pull towards the back
   Examples:
   • Pull back your arms!
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Pull back
   • Draw
   Definitions:
   • stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
   Examples:
   • The archers were drawing their bows
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Retreat
   • Pull back
   • Back out
   • Back away
   • Crawfish
   • Crawfish out
   • Pull in one's horns
   • Withdraw
   Definitions:
   • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
   Examples:
   • 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