| VERB | motion | pull back, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
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| contact | pull back, retract, draw back | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | |
| contact | pull back | move to a rearward position | |
| contact | pull back, draw | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | |
| communication | pull back, retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
| Meaning | pull back or move away or backward. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back | |
| Narrower | back up, back off, back down | Move backwards from a certain position |
| fall back | move back and away from | |
| retrograde, retreat | Move back / back | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| Similar to | retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
| Spanish | alejarse, jubilar, retirarse, retirar, retroceder, suprimir | |
| Catalan | allunyar-se, apartar-se, jubilar, retirar-se, retirar, retrocedir, suprimir | |
| Nouns | pullback | (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) |
| Meaning | Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | retract, draw back | |
| Broader | pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion |
| Meaning | Move to a rearward position; pull towards the back / back. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Pull back your arms!" | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| See also | pull | cause to move by pulling |
| Similar to | pull back, draw | Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) |
| Spanish | retirar | |
| Meaning | Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | draw | |
| Broader | stretch | Pull in opposite directions |
| Similar to | pull back | Move to a rearward position |
| Spanish | retirar, tirar | |
| Meaning | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | |
| Similar to | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
| Spanish | recular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir | |
| Catalan | recular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir | |
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