pull back
• retreat from an area.
• "the pact called on the rival forces to pull back and allow a neutral force to take control"
Similar:
withdraw,
retreat,
draw back,
fall back,
retire,
disengage,
pull out,
back off,
give way/ground,
flee,
take flight,
turn tail,
beat a (hasty) retreat,
• (in sport) improve or restore a team's position by scoring a goal.
• "Rovers pulled back to 4–3 with a goal two minutes from time"
pullback
noun
• an act of withdrawing troops.
• "forces have begun a pullback from frontline positions"
• a reduction in price or demand.
• "wait for pullbacks to buy international stocks"
