retract
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(verb) as of a plane's landing gear |
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Synonyms: draw in |
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Related Words: attract, draw in, introvert, invaginate, pull, pull in |
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(verb) shrink back, as in fear |
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Synonyms: shrink back |
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Related Words: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince |
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(verb) reject; "He retracted his earlier statements about his beliefs" |
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Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant |
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Related Words: renounce, repudiate |
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