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pullback
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pullback has 2 senses
- pullback(n = noun.artifact) tieback - a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" is a kind of holding device
- pullback(n = noun.act) Array - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops" is a kind of withdrawal
Derived form verb pull back1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pullback, n.
- That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance. [1913 Webster]
- The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pullback
avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut, cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch, fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment
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