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    pull back

    pull back - Dictionary definition and meaning for word pull back

    Definition
    (verb) pull back or move away or backward
    Example Sentence
    • The enemy withdrew
    • The limo pulled away from the curb
    Definition
    (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
    Synonyms : draw back , retract
    Definition
    (verb) move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
    Example Sentence
    • Pull back your arms!
    Definition
    (verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
    Synonyms : draw
    Example Sentence
    • The archers were drawing their bows
    Definition
    (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    Example Sentence
    • 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

Word used in video below:
text: "they pull me back in."
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