All pull back synonyms

verb pull back

• draw in — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• manacled — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
• beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
• make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
• draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
• hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
• crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• back away — If you back away from a commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
• exfiltrate — Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• corking — excellent
• crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
• get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
• choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
• forget it — certainly not
• ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• dithering — a trembling; vibration.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
• lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
• manacling — Present participle of manacle.
• cork — Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• go along with — permit, consent to
• nig — nidge.
• go away — leave!
• go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
• eat one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
• corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin