pull back

Speech parts

1. pull back - Noun

2. pull back - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

pull-back

Synonyms

draw retreat withdraw retire retract recede crawfish move back back out back away draw back pull away quail ret back
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Antonyms

attack approach advance agree amplify ameliorate
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Hypernyms

move travel draw pull stretch go

Hyponyms

retreat retrograde back down back up fall back back off

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

pull at someone's heartstrings pull away pull away the shoulder pull bar pull bone pull buoy