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RELATED WORDS : answer back back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back down back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back off back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way beat back bounce back break one's back bring back buy back call back carry back ceding back choke back come back come back at coming back cut back date back die back double back draw back drive back drop back fall back fat back feed back fight back flanker back flash back force back from way back get back get back at give back go back go back on go back over hang back hark back hold back keep back kick back knock back lean back look back move back move back and forth pat on the back pay back paying back play back pull pull a face pull a fast one pull a fast one on pull ahead pull along pull at pull away pull chain pull down pull in pull in one's horns pull off pull one's weight pull out pull out all the stops pull over pull round pull someone's leg pull strings pull the leg of pull the plug pull the wool over someone's eyes pull through pull together pull up pull up short pull up stakes pull wires push back put back rear back relation back roll back running back send back set back shrink back sink back sit back slide back slip back snap back stand back strike back take back talk back think back throw back thrust back toss back travel back and forth trim back turn back water back watteau back win back

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb pull back has 5 senses

• pull back(v = verb.motion) draw back, move back, pull away, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun pullback₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

• pull back(v = verb.contact) draw back, retract - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ); Array
is one way to pull
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• pull back(v = verb.contact) Array - move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• pull back(v = verb.contact) draw - stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
is one way to stretch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• pull back(v = verb.communication) back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw - 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"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

pull back

about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avoid, back down, back out, backslide, balance, beat a retreat, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, boggle, cast off, cast out, cock, cringe, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, debate, delete, deliberate, demur, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, dodge, draw back, draw in, draw off, duck, eject, equivocate, estrange, evade, expel, fade, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, falter, fear, fence, fight shy of, flinch, get behind, give ground, give place, go back, go backwards, go behind, hang back, hang off, have qualms, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, hold off, hover, hum and haw, isolate, jerk back, jib, lapse, leave, lose ground, make bones about, move back, parry, part, pause, ponder, pull away, pull in, pull out, pussyfoot, put off, quail, recede, recidivate, recoil, reel back, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, run back, scruple, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sheer off, shift, shift off, shilly-shally, shrink, shrink back, shut off, shy, shy at, shy away, shy off, sidestep, slip back, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand back, start aside, start back, step aside, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain, strain at, subtract, swerve, think twice about, throw off, throw out, turn aside, uncouple, unyoke, ward off, waver, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, yield

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