Synonyms for pull back
pull back

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1. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb

   pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, retreat, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, kip down, remove

2. retract, pull back, draw backverb

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

   Synonyms:
   back out, retract, draw back, recant, withdraw, pull away, shrink back, retire, draw, forswear, abjure, crawfish, move back, crawfish out, retreat, recede, resile, pull in one's horns, back away, draw in

3. pull backverb

   move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

   "Pull back your arms!"

   Synonyms:
   pull away, draw, draw back, retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, recede, retract, withdraw, pull in one's horns, move back, retire, crawfish out

4. pull back, drawverb

   stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

   "The archers were drawing their bows"

   Synonyms:
   describe, take in, absorb, suck up, pull in, attract, get, thread, quarter, string, crawfish out, retire, run, depict, guide, crawfish, retreat, drag, draw in, back away, suck, back out, delineate, draw and quarter, make, soak up, tie, cast, pull, pull away, get out, take out, disembowel, sop up, puff, reap, pass, recede, imbibe, move back, line, pull out, draw, pull in one's horns, force, trace, draw back, withdraw, draw off, retract, take up, eviscerate

5. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

   make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   The idea that we may have these many cases played a role in our decision in trying to make sure that we don't do something prematurely and pull back when we should be pushing.

2. Kevin McCarthy:

   I think he ought to do the right thing and pull back and have somebody else run.

3. Ray Kelly:

   There was a visible and documented pull back from West Baltimore as a reaction to the Freddie Gray incident and riots, there just wasn't a lot of police visibility and enforcement there.

4. Adrian Peterson:

   I was literally mind-blown that Tennessee Titans took me to jail, tennessee Titans were like, ‘ I ’m sorry, Mr. Peterson, but because she had a scratch on her finger,( in) the state of California, we have to take you in. ’ I sit there and watch the plane pull back and take off and I ’m just like, ‘ Wow ! I can not believe this is happening right now. I ’m going to jail, and I literally did n’t do anything. ’ Adrian Peterson in December 2015. ( Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) RAMS' ODELL BECKHAM SUFFERED TORN ACL DURING SUPER BOWL : REPORT.

5. Jasper Lawler:

   Yesterday, higher oil prices, surging commodity stocks and bounce in banking shares prompted an extension of the rally that began on February 12, today though, European markets look to pull back from those gains, alongside a dip in oil as China stocks fall and mining giant BHP Billiton slashes its dividend.