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Definition of Pull back
1. Verb. Pull back or move away or backward. "The limo pulled away from the curb"
Exact synonyms: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Related verbs: Back Away, Back Out, Crawfish, Crawfish Out, Pull In One's Horns, Retreat, Withdraw
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Retreat, Retrograde, Back Down, Back Off, Back Up
Derivative terms: Pullback, Receding, Withdrawal
Antonyms: Advance
Related verbs: Back Away, Back Out, Crawfish, Crawfish Out, Pull In One's Horns, Retreat, Withdraw
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Retreat, Retrograde, Back Down, Back Off, Back Up
Derivative terms: Pullback, Receding, Withdrawal
Antonyms: Advance
2. Verb. Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).
3. Verb. Move to a rearward position; pull towards the back. "Pull back your arms!"
4. Verb. Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow). "The archers were drawing their bows"
5. Verb. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
Exact synonyms: Back Away, Back Out, Crawfish, Crawfish Out, Pull In One's Horns, Retreat, Withdraw
Related verbs: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Withdrawal, Withdrawer, Withdrawer
Related verbs: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Withdrawal, Withdrawer, Withdrawer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull Back
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