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Pulls Back Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RETRACTS which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RETRACTS

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verb

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

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noun

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

• the outward flow of the tide

verb

• flow back or recede

• hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

• fall away or decline

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Cross Atlantic27 Oct 2023 Across 28
New York Times11 Jan 2015 Down 40
New York Times02 Jun 1982 Down 37
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