pull back
     v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
          "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {retreat},
           {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {retire}, {move
          back}]
     2: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound
        or an organ) [syn: {retract}, {draw back}]
     3: move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull
        back your arms!"
     4: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing
        their bows" [syn: {draw}]
     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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0