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pull back
verb
- to return or be returned to a rearward position by pulling
the army pulled back
noun
- the act of pulling back
- a device for restraining the motion of a mechanism, etc, or for returning it to its original position
Idioms and Phrases
Retreat, as in The troops gradually pulled back . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
When they pulled back the curtains in their hotel rooms on the Royal Mile on Saturday morning, the Wallabies would have been forgiven for dreaming of the beach back home.
With her signature shawl draped over her shoulders and silver hair pulled back from her face, Jane Goodall exudes serenity - even over our slightly blurry video call.
That helped diversify Spotify’s offering, but the company eventually pulled back on some big deals after overspending.
“He’s a guy that you have to pull back,” Foster said, “like, ‘OK, Kwazi, turn it down a little bit.’”
Gascón has countered by arguing that Hochman wants to return to mass incarceration and pull back on police reform and accountability.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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