1. pull back - Noun
2. pull back - Verb
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
pull back or move away or backward
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
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Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer. Arthur Miller
I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go. Mehmet Oz
The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It's a pipeline that needs to be fed. Christopher Nolan
My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more. Keith Sweat
When I start to get that few pounds, which I try to monitor, then I just pull back. So it's really just being conscious. Carl Weathers
You can pull back your leg, but not your committed word. Myanmar Proverb