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pullback definition

pull·back (po̵ol′bak′)

noun

  1. a pulling back; esp., a planned military withdrawal
  2. something that retards or hinders
  3. a device for pulling something back

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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pullback Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cause: If the Fed raise IRs again today would this cause a pullback?

Adjective modifier

  • light: Even then you should be looking to buy a light volume pullback to the top of the old range.

Modifies a noun

  • bar: The riding position is as it always was on custom Harleys: highway pegs, pullback bars and a seat designed to sit on.

Preposition: in

  • market: But he broadly welcomed the recent pullback in global stock markets and commodity prices.
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