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Pull Back
- verb - 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"
- 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"
- move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
- pull back or move away or backward;
- pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Pull Down
- verb - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
Pull Over
- verb - steer a vehicle to the side of the road; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed"
Pullbacks
- noun - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
- a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"
Pulldevil
- - A number of fishhooks rigidly fastened back to be pulled through the water to catch fish.
Pullicate
- - A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Pullovers
- noun - a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head
Pullulate
- verb - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
- become abundant; increase rapidly
- breed freely and abundantly
- move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
Pulmonary
- adjective - relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease"
Pulmonata
- noun - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails