pull back
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Framework senses
- §1
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- §2
- stretch back a bowstring on an archer's bow
- §3
- move to a rearward position
- §4
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
- §5
- pull back or move away or backward