retracts
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Examples
A player extends a finger or thumb to lengthen a slide, and retracts the finger to return the slide to its original position.
In the suction stroke the plunger retracts and the suction valves open causing suction of fluid into the cylinder.
Fox News host Jesse Watters retracts comments praising QAnon for uncovering “a lot of great stuff”
Once the skier arrives at the top of the ski slope, the rope retracts and the drone flies away to be used another time.
Every time she sees her prospective husband she hides `her face in her coat' and retreats `like a snail that retracts into its shell'.
The Persuasions member retracts Jamie xx unauthorised sample claim: ‘I was told about it but forgot’