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pull-back

n. (context sports English) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.

Usage examples of "pull-back".

I fear it will be only a phase, a temporary pull-back from the tried-and-true formula of the virtueless action pictures that have become the staple of every movie summer.

If the story about a flukey inventory of tactical nukes is correct, it certainly makes sense that it would have something to do with the pull-backs of their forward-deployed forces.