verb
pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 4)
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The enemy withdrew
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The limo pulled away from the curb
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑pullback (for: ↑pull back), ↑receding (for: ↑recede), ↑withdrawal (for: ↑withdraw)
• Verb Group:
↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑back out, ↑back away, ↑crawfish, ↑crawfish out, ↑pull in one's horns, ↑withdraw
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.