Go back and Pull back

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Go back verb - Return in thought or speech to something.

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Pull back and go back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pull back" instead a verb "Go back".

Pull back verb - Pull back or move away or backward.

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Go back and pull back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Go back" instead a verb "Pull back".

Done as a gag in the climax of Major League, where a regular Tribe fan and a punk Tribe fan excitedly hug, then they pull back, then they go back to hugging excitedly

Source: Accidental Hug

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