All 3 Uses of
retract
in
Gone with the Wind
- "I retract nothing," she said briefly.†
Chpt 5.49
- "I retract nothing," she repeated.†
Chpt 5.49
- Had they been spoken to anyone save Rhett she would have shamelessly retracted them.†
Chpt 5.57 *
Definition:
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(retract) to take back; or to move back or inin various senses, including:
- to take back something previously said -- such as a promise or opinion
- to move back or in -- such as an airplane's landing gear, or pulling your hand back after being burned
- in surgery, the use of a medical instrument to draw skin or an organ back out of the way