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English to English verb
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pull back or move away or backward |  | Example: 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) | | source: wordnet30
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move to a rearward position; pull towards the back | | Example: Pull back your arms!
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stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | | Example: The archers were drawing their bows
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make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | | Example: 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
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