Translation for 'to pull back' from English to French

to pull back

reculermil.

se retirer [partir]mil.

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to pull sth. back [e.g. army]

replier qc. [armée]mil.

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to pull one's shoulders back

rejeter les épaulesanat.

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back-to-back

consécutif {adj}

to pull together

faire un effort

gravitational pull

gravité {f}phys.

to pull (sth.)

tirer (qc.)

to pull out

démarrer

se retirer du combatmil.

to pull over

se ranger [véhicule, conducteur]trafic

pull-up

traction {f}sport

to pull sth. up

remonter qc. [chaussettes]

to pull on sth.

enfiler qc.vêt.

to pull the trigger

appuyer sur la détente

to pull (at) sth.

tirailler qc.

to pull sth. apart

mettre qc. en pièces [déchirer]

to pull a stunt

faire un truc pareil

to pull oneself together

se reprendre [personne]

to pull up short

piler [voiture]auto

pull-up bar

barre {f} de tractionsport

to pull out [depart]

se mettre en marchetrains

to pull strings­ [idiom]

tirer des ficelles [loc.]

to pull sth. down

rabattre qc.

• By contrast, it is always possible to pull back a differential form.
• Instead of a supposedly impenetrable defensive line, such fortifications emphasized defence in depth, so that as defenders were forced to pull back or were overrun, the lines of defenders behind them could take over the defence.
• Efforts to pull back the foreskin during the early years of a young male's life should not be attempted.
• Jones was a master at this sort of style, and used this to his advantage by sticking his chin out to bait his opponents into hitting him, only to pull back and counter the off-balance opponent with his own punches.
• A bloodbath was averted only when local party officials themselves ordered the troops to pull back.

• Bes tells Hatari to pull back the Solo Ship and have the Ideon protect Karala and Joliver.
• The division began to pull back on 13 November, and by the end of the month was established in camps south of St-Omer and engaged in road repair.
• After three days, the Allied forces had been forced to pull back and were withdrawn into the interior plains to make a new forward defensive line at the small town of Sbeitla.
• They were ordered to pull back to the river when it became clear to headquarters that both the attempts to break through (in the mountains and along the causeway) would not succeed.
• Faced with growing international pressure, Sharif managed to pull back the remaining soldiers from Indian territory.

• The female is also able to pull back the web covering of her shell, making a silvery flash, which may deter a predator from attacking.
• As a result, the separatists were warned of the assault and had time to pull back inside the caves.
• While it was not enough to win the campaign, he was able to pull back without significant problems.
• If the pilot were suddenly to pull back on the stick and make his plane accelerate upwards at 9.8 m/s2, the total g‑force on his body is 2 g, half of which comes from the seat pushing the pilot to resist gravity, and half from the seat pushing the pilot to cause his upward acceleration—a change in velocity which also is a "proper acceleration" because it also differs from a free fall trajectory.
• In the wake of the Republic's attack in the Julevian system, it prompted the invasion fleet at Yag'Dhul to pull back in order to help the defending forces at Sernpidal.

• Under Assad, Syria became a strong supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was one of the five countries that opposed the UN General Assembly resolution denouncing the invasion, which called upon Russia to pull back its troops.
• Parrhasius asked Zeuxis to pull back the curtains, but when Zeuxis tried, he could not, as the curtains were included in Parrhasius's painting—making Parrhasius the winner.