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reel back

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reel back (from something)
to fall or stagger backwards, as from a blow. The boxer reeled back from the blow, stunned. Another blow to the midsection and he reeled back and fell.
See also: back, reel


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She added: "If there is a shot where we're all in the limo and the camera is rolling, it's us all having fun, they have their hands all over us and then when the cameras stop I expect them to reel back to being normal, but they continued the partying off camera and we made that clear.
Earlier Sallis just missed out in the opening heat when the late rally of Birchfield Hero failed by a short-head to reel back in the Kelly Mullins-trained Mistley Colonel (30.
They can extend approximately thirty inches and when the card is released the cord will automatically reel back inside its case.
 
 
 
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