to pull back

English - Turkish

Definition of to pull back in English Turkish dictionary
to back: geri
to back: geri sürmek

English - English

Definition of to pull back in English English dictionary: To score when the team is losing
Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.; To retract; to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind
An uncircumcised man should always take special precautions when bathing to pull back the foreskin and clean carefully around the glans.; To pull in a backwards direction; To retreat
Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said.; To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal
Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"; pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"; If someone pulls back from an action, they decide not to do it or continue with it, because it could have bad consequences. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation The British government threatened to make public its disquiet but then pulled back; use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ); make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "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"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!; pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; If troops pull back or if their leader pulls them back, they go some or all of the way back to their own territory. They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city He pulled back forces from Mongolia, and he withdrew from Afghanistan