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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pullback
    n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for
         holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were
         drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback,
         tieback]
    2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly
       withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over
       25,000 troops"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pullback \Pull"back`\, n.
   1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a
      hindrance.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut,
      or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Pullback:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut, cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch, fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment
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