Meaning : Move to a rearward position. Pull towards the back.
Example :
Pull back your arms!.
Meaning : Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).
Example :
The archers were drawing their bows.
Synonyms : draw
Meaning : Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw