Meaning

The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
2. (film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
3. (dated or archaic) Something that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
4. (finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
5. (sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
6. (historical) A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
7. (differential geometry) The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
8. (category theory) The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.

Example Sentences

Your disorders are a pull-back for your good qualities.

The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.

Word Forms

• pullbacks
• pull-back

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When Should You Use Pull back?

Use pull back when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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