Pull Out

Definition: Pull Out

Pull Out

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. Draw or pull out, 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Transportation

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Synonyms: Pull Out

Extraction

Verb: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate; unroot; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.

Crosswords: Pull Out

Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately! (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Shiiiiit. Man, you can pull out my groin, just gimme that coin! (Black Belt Jones; writing credit: Alex Ross; Fred Weintraub)

They pull in, and then they pull out, and they turn, and they back up. (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

Pull out his tongue! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The Vizer says that if Prince Pyrus is not found Planet Fire will pull out of the alliance. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence)

I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow (Thank God I'm A Country Boy; performing artist: John Denver)

Hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith)

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Books

• Easy Acls: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Preparatory Manual/Book With Pull Out Quick Reference Cards (reference)

• Pull Out the Stops! Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Will they pull out the prop?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Winslow, Arizona. A diesel freight engine waiting to pull out of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard. Credit: Library of Congress.

Barstow, California. Head brakeman J.C. Shannon (left) and swing brakeman, B.E. Wilson, waiting for their train to pull out of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Ireland

When the UUP threatened to pull out of the powersharing Executive in February 2000 over what the UUP charged was the IRA's failure to disarm in accordance with the commitments made in the Belfast Agreement, the British Government suspended Northern Ireland's local governing body. (references)

Turkey

The construction industry is hopeful that the Turkish economy will rebound in the second half of 2001. The pace of political and economic reform and the seriousness of the GOT to tackle economic problems will determine how rapidly Turkey will pull out from its current financial crisis. (references)

Lebanon

In May 2001, Canadian investor SNC-Lavalin, which holds 66 percent of LibanPost, informed the MPT of its intention to pull out of the 15-year B.O.T. contract to provide Lebanon with a modern postal system due to lower-than-projected revenues. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "pull out": back pull out pump ♦ pull out all the pathetic stop ♦ pull out all the stops ♦ pull out of shape. Additional references.

Afrikaans

uithaal (collect, draw out, drive, drive out, express, gather, give, give utterance to, pick, pick up, pull, utter), ontlok (draw, draw out, drive, drive out, express, give, give utterance to, pull, utter). (various references)

Albanian

tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), shkul (deracinate, drag out, extort, extract, grub, hank, jerk, pluck, pull, rip out, root up, skein, tear, tear down, tweak, wring, yank), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), niset (departs, fly out, lift off, put out), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نجا من (be out, outrun, survive), ‏إنسحب (draw back, drop, drop out, move back, pull back, push off, recede, retire, retreat, separate, shag off, slope, smooth away, stand down, step down, subtract, withdraw), ‏رحل (be moved, carry, depart, expel, flit, itinerant, migrant, move, pack up, part, pass, peregrinate, relay, remove, send back, shift, slope). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вадя се, вадя (draw, extract, have out, lift, pull, take, take out), отплувам (cast off, get under way, put, put away, put forth, put off, put out, sail, set sail, weigh), изтръгвам (elicit, extort, get, milk, rip out, root from, snatch, tear out, uproot, wrench, wrest, yank), изтеглям (draft, draw, drive up, elongate, pick up, pull, withdraw), излизам (add up, blow up, come, come away, come off, come out, emerge, exit, get out, get out of, go about, go out, issue, jump, pan out, propound, prove, rise, run off, sally, set up, shoot out, step off, turn out, walk out, work out). (various references)

Chinese 

薅 , 挈 (month, moon, take family along), �"除 (remove), �" (promote, pull up, select), �"� (select). (various references)

Czech

prodloužit (elongate, extend, lengthen, let down, produce, prolong, renew), vytáhnout (extract, hoist, pull up, raise, stretch). (various references)

Danish

driftsindsættelseskørsel. (various references)

Dutch

voertuig dat het remise verlaat, voertuig dat het rangeerterrein verlaat, uithalen (draw out, drive out, empty, express, give utterance to, utter), uiten (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, utter), uitdrýven (chase away, draw out, drive away, drive out, expel, express, give utterance to, utter), uitbrengen (achieve, act, carry out, do, draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, make, perform, report, utter), slaken (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, utter), ontlokken (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, utter). (various references)

Esperanto

eligi (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, utter). (various references)

Finnish

varikolta lähtevä liikenneväline, ajo lähtöpysäkille. (various references)

French

véhicule sortant du dépôt, se retirer (pull back), s'échapper, s'ébranler (pull away), répandre (put forth), extraire, déménager, course HLP, course haut-le-pied. (various references)

German

herausziehen (drag out, extract, extraction, fish up, pull, take out, withdraw, yank). (various references)

Greek 

εφεδρικό όχημα, αποχωρώ (abandon, depart from, secede), διαδρομή οχήματος. (various references)

Hebrew 

לעקור (eradicate, extirpate, pluck, pull up, uproot, yank), לחלוץ (arm, deliver, draw, extract, extricate, rescue, take off, unship), לצאת (emerge, exit, get out, go, go away, go out), ל� שר. (various references)

Hungarian

kivon (deduct, educe, extract, pull off, to defecate, to educe, to extract, to phase out, to pull out, to subtract), kivesz (elicit, get out, make out, take out, to draw out, to except, to expel, to rent, to scour away, to take out, to unclench, to unclinch), kivétel (ablation, exception, excision, exemption, pulling out, recover, removal, taking out), kiránt (draw out, to extricate, to hoick, to hoik, to pop out, to pull, to pull up, to wrench), kihúz (cross out, delete, drag out, draw out, get out, obliterate, protract, pull off, score out, scratch out, spin out, strike out, to delete, to educe, to excise, to extract, to extricate, to line through, to obliterate, to protract, to pull out, to pull up, to rive sg away, to rive sg off, to unclench, to unclinch), kiemel (emphasize, enhance, except, foil, highlight, to bring into the limelight, to bring sg into relief, to emphasize, to enucleate, to except, to feature, to heighten, to highlight, to pick up, to relieve, to salve, to stress, to throw sg into relief, to throw up, to underline, to unhinge, underline). (various references)

Indonesian

mencopot (extract, remove, shear, take off, untie), mencabut (abrogate, depriviate, draw, jiggle, pull, rescind, revoke, unsheathe). (various references)

Italian

veicolo fuori linea, estrarre (abstract, draw, educe, extract, mine, yank), corsa dal deposito, cavare (dig, draw, get, get off, obtain, scoop, take out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

釣り出す (to lure, to pull out a fish), 抜き取る (to draw out, to pull out), 抜き出す (to start to pull out), 海老で鯛�'釣る (Throw out a shrimp and pull out a whale), 引抜く (to extract, to pull out, to uproot), 引き抜く (to extract, to pull out, to uproot), 引き揚�'る (to leave, to pull out, to retire, to withdraw), 引き出す (to draw out, to pull out, to take out, to withdraw), 引き上�'る (to leave, to pull out, to retire, to withdraw), 引出す (to draw out, to pull out, to take out, to withdraw), 引上�'る (to leave, to pull out, to retire, to withdraw), 刺�'抜く (to pull out a thorn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきぬく (to extract, to pull out, to uproot), ひきあ�'る (to leave, to pull out, to retire, to withdraw), ひき� す (to draw out, to pull out, to take out, to withdraw), ぬきとる (to draw out, to pull out), ぬき� す (to start to pull out), つり� す (to holdin the arms and carry him out of the ring, to lure, to pull out a fish), と�'�'ぬく (to pull out a thorn), えびでたい�'つる (Throw out a shrimp and pull out a whale). (various references)

Manx

ymmyrt magh, tayrn magh (drag out, draw out, elicit, evoke, extract, extraction, pluck out, rip out, withdraw, withdraw as money, withdrawal), gleashaghey magh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ullpay outay

Polish

wydobyć. (various references)

Portuguese

partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fissure, flit, foliate, fracture, go, go away, knap, leave, outbreak, part, quit, sail, shove off, slice, smash, split, start, start running, take off, take one's leave), viagem de início de serviço, tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull off, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), sair (back off, depart, draw out, exit, flit, get off, get out, go out, issue, leave, move away, move out, take off, to come out, to get out, to go out, tumble), arrancar (abstract, cut up, disroot, drag out, extract, feather, force, jerk, lug, pick, pinch, pluck, pull, rip, start running, take away, tear off, tweezer, yank). (various references)

Romanian

se îndepãrta (break, get clear, move away, stand away, stand off), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter). (various references)

Russian 

вытаскивать (drag out, lug out, pull, roust, rummage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povući se (baulk, draw back, fall back, lose ground, pull back, retreat, stand down), otići (depart, get over, go along, go away, go off, hive off, leave, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave, turn away), odlepiti (be blown away, decohere, decollate, detach, lose one's marbles, unstick), izvojevati (achieve, win), izvaditi (draw, extract, fish out, retrieve, take out, withdraw), iščupati (rip out, tear out). (various references)

Spanish

poner un vehículo en línea, vehículo en puesta en servicio, salirse (bleed, boil over, elapse, leak, poke out, rundown), salir de la estación (draw out), salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), retirarse a (go out, hole up, walk out), remar hacia alta mar, extraer (abstract, dig, dig out, draw, extract, fetch, haul, mine, pull, quarry, take out, tow, win), estirar (crane, draw, draw out, extend, iron lightly, move out, overstretch, prick up, run the iron over, smooth back, spin out, strain, stretch, tauten, tense, tighten, tighten up, twang, undress, wrench), arrancar (abstract, blow away, draw, draw out, extort, extract, grub up, pick, pluck, pluck off, prise off, prize off, pull, pull away, pull off, pull up, put on, rip off, rip out, root up, start, start running, switch on, take away, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, tear up, turn on, weed, win, wrest, wring). (various references)

Swedish

utvikningsblad (fold out, fold-out, gatefold), upptagning (filming, recording, shooting, taking), tomkörning, tågsätt som växlas fram till avgångsspår, rycka ut (move out, turn out), dra ut (bring out, drag out, draw out, educe, elongate, extract). (various references)

Turkish

park yerinden çıkmak, uzatmak (augment, belabor, belabour, continue, drag out, draw out, eke out, elongate, enlarge, extend, grow, hand, hold out, hold over, lengthen, outstretch, pad out, pass, prolong, protract, rack, reach, renew, repose on, sidestep, span, spin out, sprawl out, spread, stand over, stick, stick out, stretch, stretch out, turn to, wiredraw), uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, elongate, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, linger, scat, stretch, sweep), tüymek (bolt, bunk, flee, hook it, make a bolt for it, make oneself scarce, scuttle, sheer off, skedaddle, skip out, slink off, slip off, take a powder, take flight, take wing), kaçmak (abscond, blow, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, Lam, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, retreat, run, run away, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel, walk off), dışarı çekmek, ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw), çekme (allure, allurement, bearing, draft, draught, draw, drawing, extraction, haul, haulage, hitch, hoist, pluck, pull, pull off, shrinkage, shrinking, soak, throwback, towage, towaway, towing, traction, withdrawal), çekip çıkarmak (draw off), çekip çıkarma, çekip çıkarılan, çekilme (abdication, breakaway, cession, contraction, defection, low water, pull off, reflux, resignation, retirement, walkout, withdrawal), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out), çıkma (annotation, cantilever, egress, egression, emergence, expulsion, going out, going up, occurrence, outbreak, protrusion, rise, withdrawal). (various references)

Turkmen 

sogurmak, sьяremek, ьtmek (tear), goparmak (tear off). (various references)

Ukrainian

відходити (backtrack, be off, belie, branch out, depart, digress, move back, move off, pull off, stand out, trek, walk away, walk off, withdraw, yield), висувний (protractile), висувати (advance, bring forward, offer, promote, push, put forward, recommend, shoot out, telescope), виривати (avulse, snatch away, tear out, wrest), вихід з пікірування (pull up). (various references)

eliciendum, elicit, elicuit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outpull, pullout.

-2 letters: poult.

-3 letters: loup, lout, lulu, plot, poll, pout, pull, toll, tolu.

-4 letters: lop, lot, opt, out, pol, pot, pul, put, top, tup, ulu, upo.

-5 letters: lo, op, to, up, ut.

+1 letter: bullpout, outpulls, pullouts.

+2 letters: bullpouts, outpulled.

+3 letters: outpulling, unpolluted.

+4 letters: pullulation.

+5 letters: pullulations, voluptuously.