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draw back(verb, phrasal verb, move, action)
11
move back(verb, move, action, act)
8
back out(verb, phrasal verb, go, remove)
8
fall back(verb, phrasal verb, move, go)
6
give ground(verb, idiom, move, go)
5
back away(verb, move, go, withdraw)
5
pull out(verb, phrasal verb, move, go)
3
back down(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
shrink back(verb, withdraw, return, retreat)
3
shy away(verb, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
2
absent oneself(verb, go, part, separate)
2
back off(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
2
beat a retreat(verb, idiom, move, forward)
2
bow out(verb, phrasal verb, go, remove)
2
box up(verb, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
cave in(verb, phrasal verb, go, decline)
2
choke back(verb, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
crack down(verb, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
deny oneself(go, part, separate, remove)
2
draw in(withdraw, back, deny, retreat)
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APASmart Define. (2016). pull back thesaurus. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/pull_back/thesaurus/synonyms
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