pull back
phrasal verbpull back
- (of an army) to move back from a place synonym withdraw
- to decide not to do something that you were intending to do, because of possible problems synonym withdraw
- Their sponsors pulled back at the last minute.
pull somebody back
- to make an army move back from a place
pull back | pull something back
- (sport) to improve a team’s position in a game
- Rangers pulled back to 4–3.
- They pulled back a goal just before half-time.