pull back

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pull someone or something back (from someone or something)

to grasp and haul someone or something away from someone or something. The cop pulled the kid away from the other kid and made them stop fighting. I pulled back the child from the dangerous hole.

See also: back, pull

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The unexpectedness of the crushing hurt of it caused him to yelp and at the same time instinctively and spasmodically to pull back with all his strength. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context I found I could pull back the bolts easily enough and unhook the great chains. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context She was just about to pull back the bed-clothes when she exclaimed, "Oh, but I'm forgetting," and went to her writing-table. The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context			puff puff along puff at puff out puff up pull pull a boner pull a fast one pull a gun pull a job pull a muscle pull a rabbit out of hat pull a rabbit out of the hat pull a stunt pull about pull ahead pull all the stops out pull alongside pull any punches pull apart pull around pull around to pull aside pull at pull away from pull back pull by pull chain pull down pull down over pull for pull hair out pull in pull in ears pull in front of pull into pull into a place pull leg pull no punches pull off pull on pull one over on pull oneself together pull oneself up by bootstraps pull or teeth pull out pull out all the stops pull out of pull out of a hat pull out of the fire pull over			pull a trick pull about pull about pull about or around Pull Accumulator from Stack pull ahead pull ahead pull all the stops out pull along pull alongside pull any punches pull apart pull apart pull around pull around to pull aside pull aside pull at pull at pull at pull at pull at pull at pull away pull away pull away pull away pull away pull away pull away from pull back pull belt in Pull Box Pull Box pull by pull chain pull chain pull chain pull chain pull chain pull chain pull chestnuts out of the fire pull chestnuts out of the fire pull chestnuts out of the fire Pull Cord Switch pull crack pull date pull different ways pull down pull down pull down pull down pull down pull down Pull down assay Pull down assay pull down over pull faces pull faces pull faces pull faces

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