The phrase comes from a confrontation in Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament, where opposition members shouted 'tarik balik PM' after Radzi was ejected from the chamber and PN MPs staged a walkout. In Malay, tarik balik means to withdraw or take back, so the chant was a demand aimed at the prime minister during a heated exchange. Clipped to under a second, it travelled online as a shorthand for political defiance and backtracking, and it remains popular in Malaysian political memes, reaction videos and commentary about parliament.