Pull back Common

pull back or move away or backward

"The enemy withdrew"

"The limo pulled away from the curb"

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

"Pull back your arms!"

stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

"The archers were drawing their bows"

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"

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull,‎ back.