English Dictionary

pull back

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back. / To retreat / To retract / (transitive) to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.

He decided to pull back from the project.

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.

意味（2）

To retreat

Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said.

意味（3）

To retract

意味（4）

(transitive) to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.

Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as she stepped across the hall, pulling back the curtain that shielded Gabriel's room.

意味（5）

(transitive, sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.

Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.

意味（6）

(transitive, sports) To score when the team is losing.

Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.