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Synonyms for pullback

the moving back of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat

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Synonyms for pullback

a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

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(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

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During the bottom pull-back of the pipeline the residual weight of the submerged pipe in the water was 30 kg/ml.
Radial and pull-back features allow for extreme high gripping forces, component length control, and repeatability of 0.0004".
Despite declines, the ISM has stayed in expansion territory since the winter pull-back, and remains well above the 48.0 expansion-low in January of 2016.
"The pull-back can happen only on fulfilment of the first point of the Minsk agreements — the ceasefire.
Saudi Arabia's stock market, which is up 15 per cent this year and hit a 42-month high this week, has not suffered a significant pull-back.
The Panic Attack action pull-back toys are slick and dangerous.
The thrust and pull-back capabilities of the drilling rig, amount of available drill rod, drill path contour, mud mix and other factors typically limit the distance between pits to about 500 feet.
"It's not a pull-back by the Mayor or a new statement by the Governor," Margulies explained.
The index, and many of it's components, are now near the weak late-2016 readings that reflected that year's mining and factory sector pull-back. Analysts're likely seeing a huge hit from rising trade war fears and financial market setbacks through May, as last month's survey was likely too-early in the month to capture the impact.
Analysts're finally seeing a pull-back in sentiment from elevated 2017-18 levels.