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Definition of Draw back

1. Verb. Pull back or move away or backward. "The limo pulled away from the curb"

2. Verb. Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Back

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Literary usage of Draw back

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs by Marguerite-Jeanne Staal, Cora Hamilton Bell (1892)
"impossible to draw back; I was no longer in a position to have a will of my own, nor to combat against that of others. I got in therefore with a heavy heart ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"[The remark in Trench, Study of Words, lect. iii, that the primary meaning is ' to reconsider,' is not borne out by the etymology ; ' to draw back ' is the ..."

3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"RE-TIRE, es To draw back or with- -EDNESS. draw ; to move or cause to move -MENT. ... »ml lirer, from I. Trahere, to draw,) to draw back ; to withdraw. ..."

4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"There would be time, he thought, for the mission to draw back, if it was discovered that the temper of the ..."

5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... get out [of the way], draw back, (luo- pua) back out, quit; ... draw back, fall back (myos sot. ..."

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