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Exact Match:

pull back

pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"

move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

Synonyms:

• about the bush,
• abrupt,
• alienate,
• avoid,
• back down,
• back out,
• backslide,
• balance,
• beat a retreat,
• beat around,
• beg the question,
• blench,
• blink,
• boggle,
• cast off,
• cast out,
• cock,
• cringe,
• cut adrift,
• cut off,
• cut out,
• debate,
• delete,
• deliberate,
• demur,
• depart,
• disarticulate,
• disconnect,
• disengage,
• disjoin,
• disjoint,
• dissociate,
• disunite,
• divide,
• divorce,
• dodge,
• draw back,
• draw in,
• draw off,
• duck,
• eject,
• equivocate,
• estrange,
• evade,
• expel,
• fade,
• fall astern,
• fall back,
• fall behind,
• falter,
• fear,
• fence,
• fight shy of,
• flinch,
• get behind,
• give ground,
• give place,
• go back,
• go backwards,
• go behind,
• hang back,
• hang off,
• have qualms,
• hedge,
• hem and haw,
• hesitate,
• hold off,
• hover,
• hum and haw,
• isolate,
• jerk back,
• jib,
• lapse,
• leave,
• lose ground,
• make bones about,
• move back,
• parry,
• part,
• pause,
• ponder,
• pull away,
• pull in,
• pull out,
• pussyfoot,
• put off,
• quail,
• recede,
• recidivate,
• recoil,
• reel back,
• regress,
• relapse,
• retire,
• retract,
• retreat,
• retrocede,
• retroflex,
• retrograde,
• retrogress,
• return,
• revert,
• run back,
• scruple,
• segregate,
• separate,
• sequester,
• set apart,
• set aside,
• sheer off,
• shift,
• shift off,
• shilly-shally,
• shrink,
• shrink back,
• shut off,
• shy,
• shy at,
• shy away,
• shy off,
• sidestep,
• slip back,
• split,
• stand aloof,
• stand apart,
• stand aside,
• stand back,
• start aside,
• start back,
• step aside,
• stick at,
• stickle,
• stop to consider,
• straddle the fence,
• strain,
• strain at,
• subtract,
• swerve,
• think twice about,
• throw off,
• throw out,
• turn aside,
• uncouple,
• unyoke,
• ward off,
• waver,
• weasel,
• weasel out,
• wince,
• withdraw,
• yield