withdraw (v)
retreat (v)
pull away (v)
draw back (v)
recede#1 (v)
pull back (v)
retire (v)
move back (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def pull back or move away or backward
examples The enemy withdrew
The limo pulled away from the curb
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Verb Group retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Hypernym travel, go, move, locomote
Derivationally related form pull back → pullback
Derivationally related form recede → receding
Derivationally related form withdraw → withdrawal
Hyponym fall back; retrograde, retreat; back up, back off, back down
Antonym recede → advance
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Derivationally related form withdrawal → withdraw
Derivationally related form pullback → pull back
Derivationally related form receding → recede
Verb Group retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Also see move → move back
Hyponym travel, go, move, locomote
Hypernym fall back; retrograde, retreat; back up, back off, back down
Antonym advance → recede

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