PULL BACK as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
   Synonym(s)
   • back away (what does back away mean?)
   • back out (what does back out mean?)
   • crawfish (what does crawfish mean?)
   • crawfish out (what does crawfish out mean?)
   • pull in one’s horns (what does pull in one’s horns mean?)
   • retreat (what does retreat mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Derived(s)
   • withdrawer (what does withdrawer mean?)
   • withdrawer (what does withdrawer mean?)
   • withdrawal (what does withdrawal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • pull back the sling of (a bow)
   Synonym(s)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The archers were drawing their bows
   Hypernyms(s) pull back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stretch (what does stretch mean?)
3. Meaning
   • move to a rearward position
   • pull towards the back
   Usage Example(s)
   • Pull back your arms!
   Hypernyms(s) pull back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pull (what does pull mean?)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   • force (what does force mean?)
4. Meaning
   • use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
   Synonym(s)
   • draw back (what does draw back mean?)
   • retract (what does retract mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pull back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pull (what does pull mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • retractor (what does retractor mean?)
5. Meaning
   • pull back or move away or backward
   Synonym(s)
   • draw back (what does draw back mean?)
   • move back (what does move back mean?)
   • pull away (what does pull away mean?)
   • recede (what does recede mean?)
   • retire (what does retire mean?)
   • retreat (what does retreat mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The enemy withdrew
   • The limo pulled away from the curb
   Hypernyms(s) pull back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • recede (what does recede mean?)
   • fall back (what does fall back mean?)
   • retire (what does retire mean?)
   • back up (what does back up mean?)
   • back off (what does back off mean?)
   • back down (what does back down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pullback (what does pullback mean?)
   • receding (what does receding mean?)
   • recession (what does recession mean?)
   • withdrawal (what does withdrawal mean?)