pull back

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pull back (from something)

to change to a less extreme way of thinking. The hijackers then pulled back from threats to blow up the ship and its 200 passengers.

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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 More results

References in classic literature

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

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