"draw back" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɹɔː ˈbæk/ Audio: en-au-draw back.ogg Forms: draws back [present, singular, third-person], drawing back [participle, present], drew back [past], drawn back [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|draw<,,drew,drawn> back}} draw back (third-person singular simple present draws back, present participle drawing back, simple past drew back, past participle drawn back)
  1. to retreat from a position Translations (retreat from a position): оттеглям се (ottegljam se) (Bulgarian), arredar (Galician), retrahō (Latin), recēdō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-draw_back-en-verb-Hgaolw5y Disambiguation of 'retreat from a position': 91 0 9 0
  2. to move backwards
    Sense id: en-draw_back-en-verb-FbQHXnbl
  3. to withdraw from an undertaking
    Sense id: en-draw_back-en-verb-jLLAHKeb
  4. to pull something back or apart Synonyms: withdraw Related terms: drawback
    Sense id: en-draw_back-en-verb-ibnIVde9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 12 25 43 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 13 14 17 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 16 20 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 14 25 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 15 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 14 14 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 14 14 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 11 14 64

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "retreat from a position",
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      "sense": "retreat from a position",
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    }
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