Open and Pull back

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Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.

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

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

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

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

The Stinger: Post-credits is a scene in what looks like Scotland of a group of people trying to open a pod which fell from the sky, only to pull back when an alien hand from the inside starts to pull it open.

Source: Film / Battleship
Happens at least once in Samurai Champloo, when Jin is stabbed in the back by Kariya, only for Kariya to wince in pain and have the camera pull back to reveal that Jin left himself open so he could fatally wound Kariya.

Source: You Are Already Dead

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