Pull Back Meaning

Example : Used other than as an idiom. To pull in a backwards directionTo retreat2010, Africasia, Birao is a garrison town near the border with Chad and Sudan  Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said.To retract1994, Linda Winstead, Guardian Angel  Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as she stepped across the hall, pulling back the curtain that shielded Gabriel's room.2002 Dennis J. Barton, Cola Wars  What's more, I pull back the sheets to take a quick but suspicious gander at Bunny, and she's wearing a pair of my briefs.2006, Ruth K. Westheimer, Pierre A. Lehu, Sex for Dummies  An uncircumcised man should always take special precautions when bathing to pull back the foreskin and clean carefully around the glans.December 1 2010, Paul Fletcher, BBC News, Ipswich 1-0 West Brom  Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.Feb 19 2007, Al-Jazeera, Stylish Sevilla pull level with faltering Barcelona  Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.