pull back

pull back

名词 pull back:

a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

同义词：pullback, tieback

(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

同义词：pullback

动词 pull back:

pull back or move away or backward

同义词：withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

同义词：retract, draw back

move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

pull back the sling of (a bow)

同义词：draw

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

同义词：retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw