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pull back

  1. retreat from an area.
    "the pact called on the rival forces to pull back and allow a neutral force to take control"
    synonyms: withdraw, retreat, draw back, fall back, retire, disengage, pull out, back off, give way/ground, flee, take flight, turn tail, beat a (hasty) retreat
  2. (in sports) improve or restore a team's position by scoring a goal.
    "he pulled back a goal three minutes before half time"

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to stop supporting or doing something: Both parties indicate they will not pull back from a new peace deal.
The meaning of PULLBACK is a pulling back; especially : an orderly withdrawal of troops from a position or area. How to use pullback in a sentence.
1. phrasal verb. If someone pulls back from an action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences. They will plead ...
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). synonyms: draw back, retract. see moresee less. type of: pull.
verb. to return or be returned to a rearward position by pulling. the army pulled back.
pull back · ​(of an army) to move back from a place synonym withdraw · Join us · ​to decide not to do something that you were intending to do, because of possible ...
noun · the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout. · that which pulls something back or impedes its forward ...
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To exert secret control or influence in order to gain an end. pull the plug on Slang. To stop supporting or bring to an end: pulled the plug on the new art ...