Snag an enemy and pull it back to you. May have the opposite effect with larger enemies.

勾住一个敌人把他拉到你跟前。可能产生相反的效果，在较大的敌人身上。

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"If all the investment now will be done in the city where there are huge needs to reconstruct all the infrastructure, where there will be a lot of demand in terms of construction work, then you will have again a pull effect from the rural areas back into a city that is not ready to absorb a lot more people than they have today."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Bank chief executives rationally have to pull back on lending in light of increased risks, Dimon says, a spiral effect the government is trying everything in its power to break.

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