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drawing backs

drawing backs is the plural of drawing back.

Meaning of drawing back

Noun

drawing back (plural drawing backs)

  1. The act of drawing back.
    • And the men were afraid.—This signifies a drawing back, as appears from the signification of “being afraid,” as here denoting a drawing back, viz., from conjunction with the internal.1863, Emanuel Swedenborg, “Genesis. Chapter the Forty-Third.”, in Arcana Cœlestia. The Heavenly Mysteries Contained in the Holy Scripture, or Word of the Lord, Unfolfed, in an Exposition of Genesis...

Questions about drawing backs

What is drawing backs the plural of?
Drawing backs is the plural of drawing back.

Words near drawing backs in the dictionary

  1. drawing ahead
  2. drawing and quartering
  3. drawing attention
  4. drawing away
  5. drawing back
  6. drawing backs
  7. drawing blood
  8. drawing board
  9. drawing boards
  10. drawing breath
  11. drawing bridle

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