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Phrase(s): pull someone or something back (from someone or something)
to grasp and haul someone or something away from someone or something. • The cop pulled the kid away from the other kid and made them stop fighting. • I pulled back the child from the dangerous hole., Phrase(s): pull back (from someone or something)
to move back from someone or something. • When I saw how sick he looked, I pulled back from him in shock. • I took one look at the snake and pulled back.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs