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Synonyms for pull back
pull back
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Princeton's WordNet
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb
pull back or move away or backward
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, retreat, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, kip down, removeretract, pull back, draw backverb
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Synonyms:
back out, retract, draw back, recant, withdraw, pull away, shrink back, retire, draw, forswear, abjure, crawfish, move back, crawfish out, retreat, recede, resile, pull in one's horns, back away, draw inpull backverb
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
"Pull back your arms!"
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pull away, draw, draw back, retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, recede, retract, withdraw, pull in one's horns, move back, retire, crawfish outpull back, drawverb
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
"The archers were drawing their bows"
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describe, take in, absorb, suck up, pull in, attract, get, thread, quarter, string, crawfish out, retire, run, depict, guide, crawfish, retreat, drag, draw in, back away, suck, back out, delineate, draw and quarter, make, soak up, tie, cast, pull, pull away, get out, take out, disembowel, sop up, puff, reap, pass, recede, imbibe, move back, line, pull out, draw, pull in one's horns, force, trace, draw back, withdraw, draw off, retract, take up, eviscerateretreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb
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"
Synonyms:
recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage
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#77 | get | |
#132 | make | |
#228 | line | |
#246 | take | |
#342 | guide | |
#457 | thread | |
#672 | run | |
#1022 | force | |
#1260 | bed | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1567 | string | |
#1651 | remove | |
#2229 | quarter | |
#2394 | cast | |
#3114 | describe | |
#3169 | lose | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3373 | suck | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4607 | tie | |
#5370 | recall | |
#5503 | trace | |
#6613 | drag | |
#7554 | attract | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11883 | swallow | |
#12529 | retire | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#18108 | puff | |
#18739 | reap | |
#20732 | depict | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#38092 | retract | |
#38684 | retrograde | |
#42146 | crawfish | |
#43763 | delineate | |
#63983 | recede | |
#69437 | disengage | |
#115009 | sequester | |
#127434 | imbibe | |
#128134 | recant | |
#159015 | eviscerate | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#249199 | forswear | |
#303626 | disembowel | |
#310890 | seclude |
How to use pull back in a sentence?
People, once they start to see the job market is deteriorating, they start to get worried about their own job prospects. You pull back on consumption and spending.
It wasn’t a change of heart that caused Beijing to pull back its regulatory push on tech companies, it was a concession to economic reality, the goal of furthering state control over sprawling tech empires, however, wasn’t abandoned.
The market was at a high point and it needed to pull back a little bit and it did yesterday.
I think our goal should be – is to get to a place where we can pull back on these types of restrictions … as quickly as possible and as safely as possible, and in that process there will be, I think, a very important role that states and localities play in tailoring the approach based on their individual community circumstances.
If they get addicted to drugs, they can't go to California and be in that really nice swanky addiction treatment facility. They've got to go to a facility that's -- the line is out the building. You make an appointment, you get it next month while you deal with your addiction, so you're saying let's pull back on policing before we have some of these solutions that we envision will work without the capacity or the function.
Translations for pull back
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- اسحب للخلفArabic
- zarazitCzech
- træk tilbageDanish
- zurückziehenGerman
- Τραβήξτε προς τα πίσωGreek
- tiri reenEsperanto
- echar para atrásSpanish
- vedä takaisinFinnish
- se retirerFrench
- tarraing siarIrish
- ठहरानाHindi
- vissza húzniHungarian
- menarik kembaliIndonesian
- ritirarsiItalian
- למשוךHebrew
- 引き戻すJapanese
- ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಎಳೆKannada
- 후퇴하다Korean
- relinquereLatin
- terugtrekkenDutch
- trekk tilbakeNorwegian
- Zatrzymaj sięPolish
- puxarPortuguese
- trageRomanian
- отступитьRussian
- dra tillbakaSwedish
- பின்வாங்கTamil
- వెనక్కి లాగుTelugu
- ด� งกลับThai
- geri çekmekTurkish
- відступатиUkrainian
- پیچھے ہٹناUrdu
- kéo lạiVietnamese
- 拉回來Chinese
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