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pull out

Definitions

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  • verb idiomatic To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
  • verb literally To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.
  • verb idiomatic To remove something from a container.
  • verb idiomatic To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb remove oneself from an obligation
  • verb move out or away
  • verb remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
  • verb bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

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synonyms (186)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon
  2. abrupt
  3. alienate
  4. apostatize
  5. avulse
  6. back down
  7. back out
  8. bank
  9. be getting along
  10. beat a retreat
  11. beg off
  12. betray
  13. bolt
  14. break away
  15. buzz off
  16. cast off
  17. cast out
  18. come away
  19. crab
  20. cringe
  21. cry off
  22. cut adrift
  23. cut off
  24. cut out
  25. defect
  26. delete
  27. depart
  28. depart from
  29. deracinate
  30. desert
  31. dig out
  32. dig up
  33. dip
  34. disarticulate
  35. discard
  36. disconnect
  37. disengage
  38. disentangle
  39. disjoin
  40. disjoint
  41. dissociate
  42. disunite
  43. divide
  44. divorce
  45. draw
  46. draw back
  47. draw in
  48. draw off
  49. draw out
  50. dredge
  51. dredge up
  52. drop out
  53. duck
  54. eject
  55. eradicate
  56. estrange
  57. evacuate
  58. evolve
  59. evulse
  60. excavate
  61. excise
  62. exit
  63. expel
  64. exsect
  65. extract
  66. extricate
  67. fall back
  68. feather
  69. fishtail
  70. flinch
  71. forsake
  72. gang along
  73. get along
  74. get away
  75. get off
  76. get on
  77. get out
  78. get under way
  79. give ground
  80. give place
  81. go
  82. go along
  83. go away
  84. go back
  85. go back on
  86. go off
  87. go on
  88. gouge out
  89. grub up
  90. isolate
  91. jettison
  92. jilt
  93. leave
  94. leave behind
  95. leave flat
  96. let down
  97. loop
  98. march off
  99. maroon
  100. mine
  101. mosey
  102. move away
  103. move back
  104. move off
  105. move out
  106. part
  107. pick out
  108. plow
  109. pluck out
  110. pluck up
  111. porpoise
  112. pull
  113. pull away
  114. pull back
  115. pull in
  116. pull up
  117. push down
  118. quarry
  119. quit
  120. quit cold
  121. rake out
  122. rat
  123. remove
  124. renege
  125. retire
  126. retract
  127. retreat
  128. rip out
  129. roll
  130. root out
  131. root up
  132. run back
  133. run out on
  134. sashay
  135. sashay off
  136. say goodbye to
  137. secede
  138. segregate
  139. sell out
  140. separate
  141. sequester
  142. set apart
  143. set aside
  144. shove off
  145. shrink
  146. shut off
  147. shy
  148. sideslip
  149. skid
  150. spin
  151. spiral
  152. split
  153. stagger along
  154. stand aloof
  155. stand apart
  156. stand aside
  157. stand back
  158. stand down
  159. step aside
  160. stunt
  161. subtract
  162. take flight
  163. take leave of
  164. take off
  165. take out
  166. take wing
  167. tear out
  168. throw off
  169. throw out
  170. throw over
  171. toddle along
  172. uncouple
  173. undulate
  174. unearth
  175. unravel
  176. unyoke
  177. up and go
  178. uproot
  179. vacate
  180. weed out
  181. whip out
  182. wince
  183. wing it
  184. withdraw
  185. wrest out
  186. yaw

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. go away
  2. go forth
  3. leave

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  • fbharjo commented on the word pull out

    ....all the stops

    August 12, 2012