pull back (
http://definr.com/pull back)
v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn:
withdraw,
retreat,
pull away,
draw back,
recede,
retire, {move
back}]
2: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound
or an organ) [syn:
retract,
draw back]
3: move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull
back your arms!"
4: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing
their bows" [syn:
draw]
5: 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" [syn:
retreat, {back
out},
back away,
crawfish,
crawfish out, {pull in
one's horns},
withdraw]