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Noun pull back has 2 senses
- pullback, tieback - a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"
--1 is a kind of holding device
- pullback - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
--2 is a kind of withdrawal
Verb pull back has 5 senses
- withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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- retract, pull back, draw back - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
--2 is one way to pull
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- pull back - move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
--3 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- pull back, draw - pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
--4 is one way to stretch
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- retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw - 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"
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