pull back
phrasal verb with pull verb [ T ] uk/pʊl/ us
to decide not to continue doing something because of increasing costs or problems:
We were ready to go ahead with the project but had to pull back at the last minute.
pull back from sth We need to pull back from some of our bigger financial commitments.
They pulled back from making hundreds of people redundant.
to do less of sth:
pull back on sth They are starting to pull back on their spending.