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Definition of 'pull out'

Verb

  1. move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"
       Synonyms: get out
       Antonyms: pull in get in move in draw in
  2. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
       Synonyms: draw pull get out take out
  3. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
       Synonyms: extract pull pull up take out draw out
  4. remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
       Synonyms: chicken out back off back down bow out


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