VariousWords beta
Definitions:
Verb
withdraw
retreat
pull away
draw back
recede
pull back
retire
move back
Definition: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
retract
pull back
draw back
Definition: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
pull back
Definition: move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
pull back
draw
Definition: stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
retreat
pull back
back out
back away
crawfish
crawfish out
pull in one's horns
withdraw
Definition: 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"
Definition: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.