draw back

draw back idiom
  1. Retreat, as in The heckler drew back into the crowd to avoid being identified. [c. 1300]
  2. Withdraw from an undertaking, as in I was too deeply committed to draw back now. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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