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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
pull back
1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 1) - The enemy withdrew - The limo pulled away from the curb • Syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back • Ant: advance (for: recede) • Derivationally related forms: pullback, receding (for: recede), withdrawal (for: withdraw) • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Hyponyms: fall back, retrograde, retreat, back up, back off, back down • Verb Group: retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP 2. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) • Syn: retract, draw back • Derivationally related forms: retractor (for: retract) • Hypernyms: pull • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. move to a rearward position; pull towards the back - Pull back your arms! • Hypernyms: pull, draw, force • Verb Group: draw • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 4. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) - The archers were drawing their bows • Syn: draw • Hypernyms: stretch • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 5. make 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 • Syn: retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw • Derivationally related forms: withdrawer (for: withdraw), withdrawal (for: withdraw) • Verb Group: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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