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pullback

English

  1. 🔊 (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
    “the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops”
  2. 🔊 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”

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