Pullback










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Pullback \Pull"back`\, n.

1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a
hindrance.
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2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut,
or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
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pullback
n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for
holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were
drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback,
tieback]

2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly
withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over
25,000 troops"
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pullback

Zugband n
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullback":
avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut,
cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch,
fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement,
retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy,
sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince,
withdrawal, withdrawment



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