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单词 to pull back
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to pull back
to pull back
1. transitive. To hold back; to hinder, keep from advancing or making progress.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay
bestayc1330
tarry1340
delaya1393
to put aback1450
to pull backa1470
retard1490
tarde1524
retary1526
to throw back1562
forslow1570
backward1594
detain1600
to set back1600
slug1605
retardate1613
tardya1616
taigle?1635
backen1649
remore1652
remorate1657
to cast back1671
to hold up1887
to knock back1945
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 293 This yonge muche man pullyd hym abak and easyly streyghte upryght.
1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. vii. 12 Ther be two thinges that do..as it were, pull me backe from speaking.
a1622 N. Byfield Comm. 2nd Chapter of 1st Epist. St. Peter (1623) ii. 487 In the diuell: it is his policy, heere by..to pull back certaine men which were going towards the Kingdome of God.
1627 J. Rogers Doctr. Faith 146 Me thinkes I would sometimes beginne to beleeve, and be of good hope, but then my unworthinesse puls mee backe.
1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 6 The wickedness of my own heart dismays and pulls me back.
c1806 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1203 I am a Bird who has struggled himself off a Bird-lime twig, & then finds a string round his leg pulling him back.
1872 N. Hawthorne in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 263/2 These doubts..were tormenting poor Septimius, and pulling him back from the path in which he was capable of doing so much good.
1908 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 16 Oct. If he were not pulled back by his wife he would be a millionaire.
1977 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) 29 Dec. i. 17/1 It was my time to run... The first 75 yards seemed an eternity, with the weight belt pulling me back.
2. transitive. To subtract. Cf. sense 23. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > subtract
to do awayOE
drawc1392
to take out of ——a1398
to take offa1400
withdrawc1400
subtray?c1425
ydraw?c1425
surtretec1440
to take away?1537
rebate1543
subtract1543
subduct?1556
substra?1558
pull?a1560
subduce?a1560
substract1559
to pull back?1574
difference1658
take1798
minus1963
?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xix. sig. Niij You must pull backe so much from the point that the shippe hath sayled by, as the heigth of the pole doth shew vnto you.
3. transitive. To assign an earlier date to (an event). Obsolete.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > arrange chronologically [verb (transitive)] > assign to a certain date > to a wrong, later, or earlier date
misdate1577
antedate1609
to pull back1610
redate1611
transtime1647
reduce1714
anachronize1831
predate1854
down-date1949
1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem 298 Then must the beginning of Cyrus raigne be pulled back an 11. yeares.
4. transitive. To eliminate, minimize. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away
ateec885
withbreidec890
animOE
overbearOE
to do awayOE
flitc1175
reavec1175
takec1175
to have away?a1300
to draw awayc1300
weve13..
to wend awaya1325
withdrawa1325
remuec1325
to carry away1363
to take away1372
waive1377
to long awaya1382
oftakec1390
to draw offa1398
to do froa1400
forflitc1420
amove?a1425
to carry out?a1425
surtrayc1440
surtretec1440
twistc1440
abstract1449
ostea1450
remove1459
ablatea1475
araisea1475
redd1479
dismove1480
diminish?1504
convey1530
alienate1534
retire1536
dimove1540
reversec1540
subtractc1540
submove1542
sublate1548
pare1549
to pull in1549
exempt1553
to shift off1567
retract?1570
renversec1586
aufer1587
to lay offa1593
rear1596
retrench1596
unhearse1596
exemea1600
remote1600
to set off1600
subduct1614
rob1627
extraneize1653
to bring off1656
to pull back1656
draft1742
extract1804
reef1901
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 217 The cause must be pulled back by opening the Liver Vein.
5. transitive. Military. To withdraw (troops, etc.). Also intransitive: to withdraw, retreat.
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1917 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 6 Dec. 1/1 The Germans began a turning movement, but the British were able to pull back most of their troops and guns.
1918 Warren (Pa.) Evening Mirror 8 Apr. 8/2 The British infantry..was compelled to pull back because of the overwhelming weight of the numbers opposed to them.
1953 L. Morton Fall Philippines iv. xvi. 285 The withdrawal continued during the night, the covering troops pulling back under cover of darkness to join their comrades.
1975 Economist (Nexis) 8 July 59 They want Frolinat to pull its forces back to where they were in March.
2004 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Apr. 28/2 Drawing fire from other Taliban fighters, the rest of the unit pulled back, awaiting reinforcements.
6. intransitive. Film and Photography. To shift (esp. rapidly) from a close shot of a subject to a more distant, wide-angle shot.
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1932 D. Daves Divorce in Family ii. 2 Camera pulls back to MCS as Mrs. Shumaker enters to them—Terry speaks—he is about to cry.
1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 914 Whether you zoom in for close-ups or pull back for wide-angle shots, your zoom lens catches it all effortlessly.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Jan. 34 The final shot, pulling back from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich to reveal the Millennium Dome squatting on the horizon, was a coup de theatre.
7. Originally and chiefly Sport.
a. transitive. To improve or recover one's position by (a specified margin); to reduce the lead of an opponent or opposing team by (a score, a game, etc.).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > restore level terms by goal
to pull back1938
1938 Times 27 June 4/6 The 15th was halved, but Cotton pulled one back with a great 3 at the 16th.
1969 Winnipeg Free Press 11 Aug. 24/3 Watson, Weston's player-coach, pulled back a goal 11 minutes from the end.
1978 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 13 July 18/5 The 6-4 Bean..faded coming home, dropping shots at the 11th and 12th holes, before pulling one back with a birdie four.
1993 Canoeist Dec. 61/2 The two Police crews had been pushing each other so hard that in the space of 2¼ hours and 15 miles they had pulled back 24 minutes on the leaders.
2000 Hindu (Nexis) 17 Mar. Having pulled back a match after two defeats the South Africans are primed to level scores on Friday.
b. intransitive. To recover from a disadvantageous or losing position; to make up ground. Cf. sense 25e.
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1951 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 27 Feb. 8/1 Pulling back from an 11 point halftime deficit, Sparky Stalcup's Missouri squad put the hex on Iowa State's Cyclones and snatched the game from the fire.
1971 Times 11 Dec. 17/5 Tredgett pulled back to level the scores but Talbot grimly summoned all his experience to win the game.
1991 Mind 100 p. ii. Cambridge have steadily pulled back..from being distinctly more expensive to rival or even beat their competitors in price per page.
2006 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 1 Feb. 51 We were behind at one point but pulled back to take the lead and went into the last end 19-17 ahead.
8. intransitive. Stock Market. Of a stock, commodity, or market: to dip (temporarily) in value. Cf. pullback n. 2e.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)
to look downwards1796
to look downward1801
to look down1808
rally1826
sag1870
give way1883
slump1888
firm1896
move1904
spurt1931
perform1933
dip1956
to pull back1966
to go in the tank1974
1966 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 22 Dec. 3/4 The advance gathered strength despite the tendency of the market to pull back on Thursdays.
1977 Times 16 July 20/5 The industrial average rose about 2½ points in early trading but had pulled back to a small loss in mid-session.
2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Jan. 91 Market bulls were swept aside yesterday, resulting in shares pulling back from their lip-smacking records.
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