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draw back

 
Noun draw back has 1 sense
  1. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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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