1. pull back

1. 撤退：cure sb.of 治好某人... | pull back 撤退 | pull round 掉头,转向;康复

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2. 向后拉：pull away 脱身 | pull back 向后拉 | pull caps 口角

3. 后曳：pull a well 从井中拔出 | pull back 后曳 | pull down 压低

4. 撤退,退却 候选人：16) delegate v. 委派代表 | 17) pull back 撤退,退却 候选人 | 18) hang in the balance (结果等)尚难确定

1. 退出；退却
    If someone pulls back from an action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences.

    e.g. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation...
           他们将请求他退出冲突。
    e.g. The British government threatened to make public its disquiet but then pulled back.
           英国政府威胁要将其担忧公之于众，但后来没有这么做。

2. （使）撤退；（使）撤离
    If troops pull back or if their leader pulls them back, they go some or all of the way back to their own territory.

    e.g. They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city...
           他们被要求从城市周围的炮兵阵地上撤出。
    e.g. He pulled back forces from Mongolia, and he withdrew from Afghanistan.
           他从蒙古撤军，并且撤离阿富汗。

1. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    e.g. 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

    Synonym: retreatback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one''s hornswithdraw

2. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer''s bow)

    e.g. The archers were drawing their bows

    Synonym: draw

3. move to a rearward position
    pull towards the back

    e.g. Pull back your arms!

4. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

    Synonym: retractdraw back

5. pull back or move away or backward

    e.g. The enemy withdrew
           The limo pulled away from the curb

    Synonym: withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecederetiremove back