1. (verb) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
pull back or move away or backward
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
2. (verb) retract, pull back, draw back
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
3. (verb) pull back
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
"Pull back your arms!"
4. (verb) pull back, draw
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
"The archers were drawing their bows"
5. (verb) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
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"
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Definitions of pull back 
