draw back
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“What was lovely about that,” Morton begins and then stops, wondering if she should draw back the curtain on the creative process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Instead of playing Lecter as obviously monstrous, "you go the opposite way, you draw back", he explains.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
There were two stagehands waiting to draw back the curtains for us to go on and one said: “‘You nervous?’
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
I thought Dallas would be the Kraken’s best first-round draw, back when that was still in question.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
Over to his left Winston saw the man in the white coat break an ampoule and draw back the plunger of a syringe.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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