| Pullback 1. (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance. 2. (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point. Thesaurus Entries avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut, cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch, fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment |