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Noun draw back has 1 sense
- drawback - the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
--1 is a kind of disadvantage
--1 has particulars: catch
Verb draw back has 2 senses
- withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- retract, pull back, draw back - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
--2 is one way to pull
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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