pull out

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verb

1. move out or away (Freq. 4)
- The troops pulled out after the cease-fire
• Syn:
get out
• Ant:
pull in
• Derivationally related forms:
pullout
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Verb Group:
chicken out, back off, back down, bow out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover (Freq. 4)
- draw a weapon
- pull out a gun
- The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
• Syn:
draw, pull, get out, take out
• Derivationally related forms:
drawer (for: draw)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
unsheathe
• Verb Group:
draw, take out, extract, pull, pull up, draw out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. remove, usually with some force or effort;
also used in an abstract sense (Freq. 1)
- pull weeds
- extract a bad tooth
- take out a splinter
- extract information from the telegram
• Syn:
extract, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible (for: extract), extraction (for: extract), extractor (for: extract)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
wring out, squeeze out, demodulate, thread
• Verb Group:
draw, pull, get out, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. remove oneself from an obligation
- He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
• Syn:
chicken out, back off, back down, bow out
• Hypernyms:
retire, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
resile
• Verb Group:
get out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP