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v. move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

v. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"

retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

v. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "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"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

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go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

change by reversal, turn, reverse

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

subside, settle

v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

decline

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

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advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

come

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass

v. move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

make, work

v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

set about, go about, approach

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

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