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Pull out Common

Pull out has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move out or away

"The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

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"

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"

4

remove oneself from an obligation

"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

5

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull,‎ out.

Example Sentences
"The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" verb
"draw a weapon" verb
"pull out a gun" verb
"The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" verb
"pull weeds" verb
"extract a bad tooth" verb
"take out a splinter" verb
"extract information from the telegram" verb
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
get in
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
leave remove retire
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
unsheathe wring out demodulate thread resile
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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