Main entry: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, retreat, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Definition: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Usage: 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: stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Usage: The archers were drawing their bows
Main entry: pull back
Definition: move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
Usage: Pull back your arms!
Main entry: pull back, retract, draw back
Definition: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Main entry: retire, retreat, pull away, pull back, recede, withdraw, draw back, move back
Definition: pull back or move away or backward
Usage: The enemy withdrew; The limo pulled away from the curb