pullback

Examples

• All

• That's a trap because then they will just wait longer next time before they do the pullback, and then you may be even more invested and fall for it.

• During the meeting, the commanders discussed the necessary pullback of forces from the area to avoid escalation.

• If implemented, it would have meant an unprecedented pullback of Soviet power.

  Academic text (1992)

• I guess the warning here is be prepared for some form of shorter term pullback before we get more rallying.

• If the American pullback leaves a power vacuum, both Japan and China may feel compelled to fill it.

  Academic text (1998)

• She highlights the pullback from these policies across both the public and corporate sectors.

• Progress along these lines should permit the progressive pullback of American forces from forward bases in the Philippines, Korea, and eventually perhaps even Japan.

  Academic text (1991)

• equity options in a move that possibly stoked the rally in big tech stocks before their sharp pullback on Thursday.

• Greater Western elasticity in 1953 might have facilitated a Soviet pullback from Germany.

  Academic text (1992)

• The general announced a strategic pullback of troops from the frontline to reorganize their positions.

Synonyms

W

withdrawal

vspullback

281 4.1

Removing people or things from a place

is the military, orderly form of that general removal action

R

retreat

vspullback

93 4.4

A move back from a place to escape danger

is a strategic, orderly repositioning rather than mainly an escape action

P

pullout

vspullback

18 5.8

Moving people or soldiers out of a place, often quickly, for example troops leaving a war area

is a controlled, orderly troop move rather than a sudden total removal

D

drawdown

vspullback

• Specialized

18 6.3

A planned reduction of troops and military equipment

is an active tactical repositioning rather than an administrative reduction

D

disengagement

vspullback

• Specialized

5 7.2

A planned removal of troops from fighting that happens after a ceasefire

focuses on orderly strategic repositioning rather than merely ending engagement

K

katabasis

vspullback

• Specialized

9.9

A planned military retreat from higher to lower ground

is an orderly strategic troop move not limited to downhill movement

B

backdown

vspullback

6.2

An act of taking back a public statement or plan after pressure

applies to planned troop repositioning rather than changing a declared stance

How Orderly

pullback

5 6.0

withdrawal

281 4.1

retreat

93 4.4

to rout

15 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology