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pull back


phrasal verb with pullverbuk /pʊl/ us /pʊl/
to move backwards or away from someone:
He leaned forward to kiss her but she pulled back.
pull back fromMichelle pulled back from her mother and wiped the tears from her eyes.
mainly US
to decide not to do or involve yourself with something when you were previously going to: 改变主意;退却;退出
pull back fromThe news is that the company intends to pull back from petrochemicals.据传闻,该公司想撤销石化产品项目。
pull back onBusinesses have already pulled back on corporate travel.
(of a military force) to move back from an attacking position:
After pulling back, the tanks waited for fighter planes and helicopter gunships to attack the building.
pull back fromOnce the troops pulled back from the area, the insurgents reappeared.
(of prices, rates, etc.) to become lower or less :
Stock prices pulled back within minutes of the Fed's announcement, before resuming their rise.
We were down 3 per cent when we reported in July, but the rate pulled back to a 1.8 per cent fall since then.
If a person or team that is losing pulls back, they score a goal or win a point or some points. :
pull back toThe Vikings pulled back to within 10 points at the break.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
flick
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
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shaky
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Abstaining and refraining
Responding to an attack
Stopping fighting
Becoming and making smaller or less
Winning, losing & scoring in sport

pull someone back


phrasal verb with pullverbuk /pʊl/ us /pʊl/
to move soldiers, etc. back from an attacking position:
The regime has been pulling back its forces.
The Marines may have been days away from taking the region, when the administration pulled them back.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Responding to an attack
beat
beat someone off
beat someone/something back
capitulate
combat patrol
counter-assault
counterattack
countercharge
fight
hold
human shield
parry
pull
refight
repel
repulse
resist
stand
strike
white flag

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Stopping fighting

pull something back


phrasal verb with pullverbuk /pʊl/ us /pʊl/
mainly UK
If a person or team that is losing pulls a goal back or pulls a point or points back, they score a goal or win a point or some points: (比赛落后的球队)扳回(一球或比分)
Martin Butler pulled back a goal on the stroke of halftime.
Preston pulled back three points early in the second half.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Winning, losing & scoring in sport
aet
against the run of playidiom
all out
blinder
blow someone away
box score
counterattack
crash
dead heat
draw
hammering
offence
offensively
outpoint
outrun
point-scoring
points deduction
shutout
tank
winner

pull back | American Dictionary


pull back


phrasal verb with pullverbus/pʊl/

(STOP SUPPORTING)


to stop supporting or doing something:
Both parties indicate they will not pull back from a new peace deal.

pull back (something)


phrasal verb with pullverbus/pʊl/

(REDUCE)


to reduce or remove something:
Stock prices pulled back Tuesday, as investors continued to worry about interest rates.
She criticized his proposal to pull back security forces from the province.

pull back | Business English


pull back


phrasal verb with pullverb[ T ]uk /pʊl/us
to decide not to continue doing something because of increasing costs or problems:
We were ready to go ahead with the project but had to pull back at the last minute.
pull back from sthWe need to pull back from some of our bigger financial commitments.
They pulled back from making hundreds of people redundant.
to do less of something:
pull back on sthThey are starting to pull back on their spending.
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