pull back

pull back or move away or backward

• “The enemy withdrew”
• “The limo pulled away from the curb”

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

• “Pull back your arms!”

pull back the sling of (a bow)

• “The archers were drawing their bows”

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• “We”
• “;”
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