draw back
/dɹɔː ˈbæk/ verbe- to retreat from a position
- to move backwards
- to withdraw from an undertaking
- to pull something back or apart
Dans la bibliothèque
She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
Villefort shuddered at the suggestion; but he had gone too far to draw back.
Shall I draw back my forehead from his embrace, or withhold my hand from his?
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