| pull out | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. get out, pull out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out | remove oneself from an obligation.; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" |
| v. (motion) | 2. draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out | 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" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ pull | take away.; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
| ~ extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull | 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" |
| ~ unsheathe | draw from a sheath or scabbard.; "the knight unsheathed his sword" |
| ~ draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well.; "She drew water from the barrel" |
| v. (contact) | 3. draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out | 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" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing.; "wring out the washcloth" |
| ~ demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave. |
| ~ thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.; "She had her eyebrows threaded" |
| ~ pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out | 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" |
| v. (social) | 4. back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out | remove oneself from an obligation.; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| ~ pull out, get out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ resile | pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc..; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease" |
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