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draw back

/dɹɔː ˈbæk/

draw back verb: to retreat from a position.

Verb

draw back (third-person singular simple present draws back, present participle drawing back, simple past drew back, past participle drawn back)

  1. to retreat from a position
  2. to move backwards
  3. to withdraw from an undertaking
  4. to pull something back or apart
    Synonyms:
    withdraw

draw back meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi

draw back in Hindi

to draw back, hesitate
हिचकना hicaknā

draw back in Urdu

to draw back, hesitate
ہچکنا hicaknā

draw back in Punjabi

to draw back, shrink, hesitate, waver
ਹਿਚਕਣਾ hickaṇā

Synonyms of draw back

Forms of draw back

third-person singular presentdraws back
present participledrawing back
pastdrew back
past participledrawn back

Questions about draw back

What does draw back mean?
Draw back means to retreat from a position.
What is draw back in Hindi?
Draw back in Hindi is हिचकना (hicaknā). See Draw back meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is draw back?
Draw back is a verb.
How do you pronounce draw back?
Draw back is pronounced /dɹɔː ˈbæk/.
What is the past tense of draw back?
The past tense of draw back is drew back.

Words near draw back in the dictionary

  1. draw a wet sponge over the slate
  2. draw ahead
  3. draw and quarter
  4. draw attention
  5. draw away
  6. draw back
  7. draw blank
  8. draw blood
  9. draw breath
  10. draw bridge
  11. draw bridges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draw back (page history and authors); हिचकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); ہچکنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਹਿਚਕਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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