draw back (v)
move back (v)
pull away (v)
pull back (v)
recede (v)
retire (v)
retreat (v)
withdraw (v)

Definition: pull back or move away or backward
Example: The enemy withdrew. The limo pulled away from the curb.

back away (v)
back out (v)
crawfish (v)
crawfish out (v)
pull back (v)
pull in one's horns (v)
retreat (v)
withdraw (v)

Definition: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Example: We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him. He backed out of his earlier promise. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns.

pull back (v)
draw (v)

Definition: stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Example: The archers were drawing their bows.

retract (v)
pull back (v)
draw back (v)

Definition: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

pull back (v)

Definition: move to a rearward position
Example: Pull back your arms!.