pull out

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Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To remove something, often with force or effort, from its place, container, or context.
    • To extract or withdraw something.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To depart or leave a place or situation.
    • To withdraw from an engagement, obligation, or commitment.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (transitive):

    • The dentist had to pull out the decayed tooth.
    • She pulled out a document from her briefcase.
    • He pulled out his wallet to pay for the meal.

  • Verb (intransitive):

    • The company decided to pull out of the deal at the last minute.
    • After the storm passed, the rescue teams began to pull out.
    • I had to pull out of the race due to an injury.
Advanced Usage

  • "to pull out all the stops": To make a very great effort to achieve something; to use all available resources.

    • They pulled out all the stops to make the wedding perfect.

  • In military context: Refers to the withdrawal of troops from a position or area.

    • The general ordered the battalion to pull out at dawn.
Variants and Related Words

  • Pullout (noun): An act of withdrawing or a section of a magazine designed to be removed.

    • The magazine included a pullout poster.
    • The army's pullout was completed smoothly.

  • Withdraw (verb): A more formal synonym for pulling out from a situation or place.

Synonyms
  • Extract (for transitive use): To remove or take out, especially with effort.
  • Withdraw (for intransitive use): To remove oneself from participation or to retreat.
  • Depart: To leave.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Pull out of: To withdraw from a specific situation, agreement, or physical location.

    • The investor pulled out of the project.

  • Pull over: To drive a vehicle to the side of the road and stop. (Note: This is a distinct phrasal verb).

Related Idioms
  • Pull the rug out from under (someone): To suddenly remove support or help from someone, causing them to fail. (Note: This idiom uses "pull" but is distinct from "pull out").
    • By canceling the funding, they pulled the rug out from under our research.
Verb
  1. remove oneself from an obligation
    • He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. move out or away
    • The troops pulled out after the cease-fire

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