The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EBB , but the solution may also be RECOIL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Pull back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBB | 27 % | 3 |
| RETREAT | 27 % | 7 |
| REININ | 13 % | 6 |
| RESCIND | 7 % | 7 |
| WANE | 7 % | 4 |
| EASE | 7 % | 4 |
| LESSEN | 7 % | 6 |
| RECOIL | 7 % | 6 |
Why may RETREAT be the right solution?
"Pull back" is a phrasal verb that means to withdraw or move away from something. "Retreat" is a synonym for this phrasal verb, making it the right solution for the crossword clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pull back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- move back
- pull away
- retreat
- draw back
- recede
- withdraw
- retire
- draw
- pull out
- push back
- drop back
- fall back
Crossword Answer definitions
EBB noun- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
- To flow back or recede
- To fall away or decline
- To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
- Low, shallow
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result RETREAT
- Turn tail
- Withdrawal
- Backpedal
- Den
- Weekend getaway
- Military withdrawal
- Den, to dad
- Spa, typically
- A hasty one can be beat
- Draw back
More clues leading to the result REININ
- Check, as a horse
- Pull, as a horse
- Put a lid on
- Bring under control
- Keep under control
- Control
- Get under control
- Curb, as spending
- Curb, as a runaway horse
- Restrain
More clues leading to the result RESCIND
More clues leading to the result WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result EASE
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up