pull back
150 synonyms found
- about the bush
- abrupt
- alienate
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- backslide
- 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
- 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
- holding device
- hover
- hum and haw
- isolate
- jerk back
- jib
- lapse
- leave
- lose ground
- make bones about
- move back
- parry
- 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
- withdrawal
- yield
Definition
(v) :
pull back the sling of (a bow); move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
"The archers were drawing their bows"