| pull back | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ fall back | move back and away from.; "The enemy fell back" |
| ~ retreat, retrograde | move back.; "The glacier retrogrades" |
| ~ back down, back off, back up | move backwards from a certain position.; "The bully had to back down" |
| v. (contact) | 2. draw back, pull back, retract | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| v. (contact) | 3. pull back | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!" |
| ~ pull back, draw | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).; "The archers were drawing their bows" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| v. (contact) | 4. draw, pull back | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).; "The archers were drawing their bows" |
| ~ pull back | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back.; "Pull back your arms!" |
| ~ stretch | pull in opposite directions.; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" |
| v. (communication) | 5. back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, 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" |
| ~ draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| gable | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. gable, gable end, gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof. |
| ~ bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote. |
| ~ corbie gable | (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps. |
| ~ pediment | a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof. |
| ~ wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
| n. (person) | 2. clark gable, gable, william clark gable | United States film actor (1901-1960). |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
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