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drew back

VERB

retract from position

Synonyms

WEAK

deduct discount pull back recede recoil reel in retreat sheathe shrink start back subtract take away withdraw

Antonyms

WEAK

forge go forward start

Example Sentences

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ASU quickly drew back to within four, and a Wallack three and Tuhina jumper kept WSU ahead 21-16.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

You can hear the “record scratch as Jade drew back in her seat,” Chau writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

At Twitter, Mr. Musk drew back the curtain on what the company’s executives did in 2020 by linking to a lengthy Twitter thread by independent journalist Matt Taibbi.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2022

“We’d been leaning across the table to talk over the loud music, but now I drew back a little so that I could look at him anew. ‘I would never have known.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

Aurelia drew back, and stared at her mother with eyes enormous with fear.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks