| Front | retract |
|---|---|
| Back | re‧tract /rɪˈtrækt/ verb formal 1[transitive] if you retract something that you said or agreed, you say that you did not mean it SYN withdraw: He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement. 2[intransitive and transitive] if part of a machine or an animal’s body retracts or is retracted, it moves back into the main part: The sea otter can retract the claws on its front feet. |
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