pull back

In film or video production, to dolly away from a subject or object; see dolly shot. A pull-back technique is often used to surprise the viewer by drawing back from a scene to reveal something that was formerly not in view.

Retreat, as in The troops gradually pulled back. [Mid-1500s]

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The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: pull back or move away or backward
  Synonyms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back

Meaning #2: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
  Synonyms: retract, draw back

Meaning #3: move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

Meaning #4: pull back the sling of (a bow)
  Synonym: draw

Meaning #5: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  Synonyms: retreat, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - standsning, modstand, lukkestang, tilbagetrækning

Français (French)
n. - recul, rattrapage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abzug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανασταλτικός παράγοντας, (στρατ.) απόσυρση στρατευμάτων

Italiano (Italian)
ostacolo, ritirata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - entrave (m), empecilho (m)

Русский (Russian)
отступление, отход

Español (Spanish)
n. - retirada, obstáculo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillbakadragande, hämsko, bakåtsträvare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拉为平手, 折返, 拉回

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拉為平手, 折返, 拉回

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 되끌어다 놓음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引き戻す, 退却する

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השפעה מעכבת, נסיגה, תמונה מתרחקת (בסרטים)‬

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