pull back

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pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
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move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
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stretch back a bowstring (on an archer''s bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
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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"