- 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
 Synonym:    retreatback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw 
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
											- The archers were drawing their bows
 Synonym:    draw 
- move to a rearward position
											- Pull back your arms!
 
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
											
 Synonym:    retractdraw back 
- pull back or move away or backward
											- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
 Synonym:    withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecederetiremove back