Pull back
Pull back verb - Pull back or move away or backward.
Ward off
Ward off verb - Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
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Ward off and Pull back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pull_back/ward_off
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