单词 | pull back |
释义 | pull back 1. phrasal verb If someone pulls back from an action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation. [VERB PARTICLE + from] The government threatened to make public its disquiet but then pulled back. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for pull If troops pull back or if their leader pulls them back, they go some or all of the way back to their own territory. They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city. [VERB PARTICLE] They were not ready to begin pulling back tanks, artillery and rocket launchers from the front line. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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