Open English Wordnet

(v)withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backpull back or move away or backward“The enemy withdrew”, “The limo pulled away from the curb”

(v)retract, pull back, draw backuse a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

(v)pull backmove to a rearward position; pull towards the back“Pull back your arms!”

(v)pull back, drawstretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)“The archers were drawing their bows”

(v)retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity“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”

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